Manufacturing in Western Cape
Pitchline Engineering serves businesses throughout Western Cape — a province of food processing, wine, fishing, marine and boat-building industries — from our multi-disciplined factory in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. Pick your city or town below.
Cities and towns in Western Cape
Cape Town
a port and manufacturing metro with strong food, marine and clothing sectors.
Serving Epping Industria, Parow Industria, Bellville South, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Maitland, Airport Industria, Ndabeni, Blackheath, Kuils River, Killarney Gardens, Atlantis, Brackenfell, Somerset West, Stikland, Retreat, Ottery, Philippi.
George
the commercial centre of the Garden Route, with timber, aviation and agriculture.
Serving George Industria, Mossel Bay, Knysna, Oudtshoorn, Plettenberg Bay.
Paarl
wine, fruit packing and food processing in the Cape Winelands.
Serving Paarl Industria, Wellington, Stellenbosch, Worcester, Malmesbury.
Saldanha Bay
an iron-ore port with steel, marine and offshore repair capacity.
Serving Saldanha Industrial, Vredenburg, St Helena Bay, Langebaan.
Beaufort West
the Karoo's transport and farming hub on the N1.
Serving Beaufort West Industrial, Laingsburg, Prince Albert.
What we make for Western Cape
- 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 Western Cape
- 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 Western Cape
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
Do you work with customers in Western Cape?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Western Cape, South Africa. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
How do I get a price from Western Cape?
Use the request-a-quote form, email natasha@pitchline.com or phone +27 31 701 6891. Include a drawing or sample, quantity and material.
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 Western Cape?
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.
Which services are most used by Western Cape 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.