Manufacturing in Beaufort West
Pitchline Engineering works with companies throughout Beaufort West, Western Cape — the Karoo's transport and farming hub on the N1. Everything is produced at our own factory, so one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gears and rubber.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Beaufort West
Whether your business is in Beaufort West Industrial, Laingsburg and Prince Albert, this is the page for you: we manufacture for customers across greater Beaufort West, Western Cape, from our own factory in Pinetown.
Beaufort West Industrial
transport and farm-machinery workshops.
Laingsburg
farming and roadside transport services.
Prince Albert
Karoo agriculture and small-scale food production.
What we make for Beaufort West
- 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 Beaufort West
- 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 Beaufort West
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 Beaufort West customers
Do you make parts for companies in Beaufort West Industrial, Laingsburg and Prince Albert?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Beaufort West, Western Cape, including Beaufort West Industrial, Laingsburg and Prince Albert. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.
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.
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.
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.