Manufacturing in De Aar
De Aar is a major rail junction and solar-energy area in the Karoo. Pitchline Engineering supplies precision machined and moulded components to businesses across the city — the industrial areas and surrounding towns we serve are listed below.
Suburbs and areas we supply around De Aar
This page covers all of De Aar and its surrounding areas — De Aar Industrial, Colesberg and Hanover. Wherever you are in and around De Aar, the parts are manufactured at our Pinetown factory and quoted from one enquiry.
De Aar Industrial
rail and transport engineering.
Colesberg
sheep farming and N1 transport services.
Hanover
Karoo farming and roadside services.
What we make for De Aar
- 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 De Aar
- 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 De Aar
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 De Aar customers
Do you make parts for companies in De Aar Industrial, Colesberg and Hanover?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout De Aar, Northern Cape, including De Aar Industrial, Colesberg and Hanover. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to De Aar?
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.
How do I get a price from De Aar?
Use the request-a-quote form, email natasha@pitchline.com or phone +27 31 701 6891. Include a drawing or sample, quantity and material.
Which industries do you supply around De Aar?
Around De Aar we see De Aar Industrial (rail and transport engineering); Colesberg (sheep farming and N1 transport services); Hanover (Karoo farming and roadside services). The machinery behind that work needs shafts, bushes, gears, seals and custom spares — the parts we make every day.
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.