Manufacturing in Kimberley
The historic diamond city and provincial capital. From our Pinetown factory we manufacture turned, milled, ground and moulded components for Kimberley businesses — from repeat production runs to one-off replacement spares for plant in the area.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Kimberley
Customers from Kimberley Industrial, Ashburnham, Barkly West and Warrenton all deal with the same Pinetown factory — one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gear cutting and rubber moulding for anywhere in greater Kimberley.
Kimberley Industrial
mine-supply and general engineering workshops.
Ashburnham
light industry and distribution.
Barkly West
alluvial diamond mining along the Vaal.
Warrenton
irrigation farming and light industry.
What we make for Kimberley
- 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 Kimberley
- 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 Kimberley
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 Kimberley customers
Do you make parts for companies in Kimberley Industrial, Ashburnham and Barkly West?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Kimberley, Northern Cape, including Kimberley Industrial, Ashburnham, Barkly West and Warrenton. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
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.
Is Warrenton covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater Kimberley as one service area, so customers in Warrenton get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.
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.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.