Manufacturing in Tzaneen
Subtropical fruit, tea and forestry in the Letaba valley. From our Pinetown factory we manufacture turned, milled, ground and moulded components for Tzaneen businesses — from repeat production runs to one-off replacement spares for plant in the area.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Tzaneen
Customers from Tzaneen Industrial, Letsitele, Hoedspruit and Giyani all deal with the same Pinetown factory — one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gear cutting and rubber moulding for anywhere in greater Tzaneen.
Tzaneen Industrial
packhouse and irrigation engineering.
Letsitele
citrus farming and processing.
Hoedspruit
farming and aviation services.
Giyani
agriculture and municipal engineering.
What we make for Tzaneen
- Turned parts to Ø 310mm and up to 1m long — shafts, pins, spindles, bushes and adaptors
- Milled components to 1000 x 500 x 400mm, including palletised production runs
- Spur and helical gears cut by hobbing or shaping
- Ground surfaces, cylindrical and centreless work to close tolerance
- Moulded rubber seals, bushes, mountings and extruded profiles
- Repeat production runs and one-off replacement spares for plant in Tzaneen
- Our own product range: thermoplastic, spray and glass bead road marking guns, spreader plates, air brake repair kits and the Model 10/65 1200 short bar automatic loader
- Automatic barfeeders for CNC lathes — extra unattended production hours for turning shops in Tzaneen
CNC Turning
14 CNC lathes, up to Ø 310mm and 1m long, 12 of them on automatic barfeeders.
CNC Milling
5 CNC mills to 1000 x 500 x 400mm, three palletised and four with CNC rotary tables.
Grinding
Surface grinding to 1200 x 600mm, cylindrical to Ø 200mm and centreless from Ø 6mm.
Rubber Molding
5 vacuum and 4 standard compression presses with 3 in-house rubber extruders.
Gear Cutting
2 hobbing machines for spur and helical gears, 3 shapers for spur gears.
Welding And Manual Lathes
Conventional workshop support: manual lathes, presses, broaching, saws and polishing.
Barfeeder Machines
Our own automatic barfeeder range, sold for over 20 years and run on our own lathes.
Roadmarking Guns
Thermoplastic, paint spray and reflective glass bead application guns.
Airbrake Repair Kits
Nearly 600 air brake repair kits, manufactured here and marketed as ManuMark.
Questions from Tzaneen customers
Do you make parts for companies in Tzaneen Industrial, Letsitele and Hoedspruit?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Tzaneen, Limpopo, including Tzaneen Industrial, Letsitele, Hoedspruit and Giyani. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Which industries do you supply around Tzaneen?
Around Tzaneen we see Tzaneen Industrial (packhouse and irrigation engineering); Letsitele (citrus farming and processing); Hoedspruit (farming and aviation services). The machinery behind that work needs shafts, bushes, gears, seals and custom spares — the parts we make every day.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Tzaneen?
Yes. Alongside contract machining we supply our own thermoplastic, spray and glass bead road marking guns, spreader plates, ManuMark air brake repair kits and the Model 10/65 1200 short bar automatic loader.
Can you work from a sample instead of a drawing?
Yes. Send us the worn or broken part and we can measure it at our factory and manufacture replacements to match.
How do I get a price from Tzaneen?
Use the request-a-quote form, email natasha@pitchline.com or phone +27 31 701 6891. Include a drawing or sample, quantity and material.