Manufacturing in Emalahleni
Formerly Witbank, the heart of South African coal mining. From our Pinetown factory we manufacture turned, milled, ground and moulded components for Emalahleni businesses — from repeat production runs to one-off replacement spares for plant in the area.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Emalahleni
This page covers all of Emalahleni and its surrounding areas — Witbank Industrial, Ferrobank, Ogies and Delmas. Wherever you are in and around Emalahleni, the parts are manufactured at our Pinetown factory and quoted from one enquiry.
Witbank Industrial
mining equipment repair and fabrication.
Ferrobank
heavy engineering and ferroalloy plants.
Ogies
collieries and mining contractors.
Delmas
grain farming and light industry.
What we make for Emalahleni
- 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 Emalahleni
- 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 Emalahleni
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 Emalahleni customers
Do you make parts for companies in Witbank Industrial, Ferrobank and Ogies?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, including Witbank Industrial, Ferrobank, Ogies and Delmas. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Can you handle both small and large batches?
Yes. Twelve of our lathes run with automatic barfeeders for high-volume production, and we also take on one-off and low-volume replacement parts.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Emalahleni?
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.
What sizes can you handle?
Turned parts to Ø310mm and up to a metre long, milled components to 1000 x 500 x 400mm, spur and helical gears, ground surfaces to close tolerance, and moulded rubber parts from our own presses.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.