Manufacturing in Nelspruit
Looking for a manufacturing partner in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga? Nelspruit is also known as Mbombela, the provincial capital and agricultural centre, and Pitchline covers the machining side of it: CNC turning, milling, grinding, gear cutting and rubber moulding, all under one roof in Pinetown.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Nelspruit
Customers from Rocky Drift, Riverside Industrial, White River, Hazyview, Malelane and Komatipoort all deal with the same Pinetown factory — one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gear cutting and rubber moulding for anywhere in greater Nelspruit.
Rocky Drift
the city's main industrial and engineering area.
Riverside Industrial
workshops and trade suppliers.
White River
citrus, forestry and agricultural machinery.
Hazyview
banana and tourism country near Kruger.
Malelane
sugar milling on the Crocodile River.
Komatipoort
border logistics and agriculture.
What we make for Nelspruit
- 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 Nelspruit
- 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 Nelspruit
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 Nelspruit customers
Do you make parts for companies in Rocky Drift, Riverside Industrial and White River?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, including Rocky Drift, Riverside Industrial, White River, Hazyview, Malelane and Komatipoort. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Is Hazyview, Malelane and Komatipoort covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater Nelspruit as one service area, so customers in Hazyview, Malelane and Komatipoort get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.
Which industries do you supply around Nelspruit?
Around Nelspruit we see Rocky Drift (the city's main industrial and engineering area); Riverside Industrial (workshops and trade suppliers); White River (citrus, forestry and agricultural machinery). The machinery behind that work needs shafts, bushes, gears, seals and custom spares — the parts we make every day.
Which services are most used by Nelspruit customers?
CNC turning and milling for machined spares, grinding where a close tolerance finish is needed, gear cutting for drives and gearboxes, and rubber moulding for seals and mountings.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Nelspruit?
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.