Manufacturing in George
George is the commercial centre of the Garden Route, with timber, aviation and agriculture. 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 George
Customers from George Industria, Mossel Bay, Knysna, Oudtshoorn and Plettenberg Bay all deal with the same Pinetown factory — one enquiry covers turning, milling, grinding, gear cutting and rubber moulding for anywhere in greater George.
George Industria
the town's main workshop and engineering area.
Mossel Bay
offshore energy, fishing and boat repair.
Knysna
timber, boat building and tourism trades.
Oudtshoorn
ostrich farming and agricultural machinery in the Klein Karoo.
Plettenberg Bay
coastal construction and marine trades.
What we make for George
- 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 George
- 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 George
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 George customers
Do you make parts for companies in George Industria, Mossel Bay and Knysna?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout George, Western Cape, including George Industria, Mossel Bay, Knysna, Oudtshoorn and Plettenberg Bay. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
Is Oudtshoorn and Plettenberg Bay covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater George as one service area, so customers in Oudtshoorn and Plettenberg Bay get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to George?
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.
Are you accredited?
We are a multi-disciplined, ISO accredited manufacturing facility and have been machining components since 1985.
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.