Manufacturing in Saldanha Bay
An iron-ore port with steel, marine and offshore repair capacity. From our Pinetown factory we manufacture turned, milled, ground and moulded components for Saldanha Bay businesses — from repeat production runs to one-off replacement spares for plant in the area.
Suburbs and areas we supply around Saldanha Bay
Whether your business is in Saldanha Industrial, Vredenburg, St Helena Bay and Langebaan, this is the page for you: we manufacture for customers across greater Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, from our own factory in Pinetown.
Saldanha Industrial
port-side fabrication and heavy repair.
Vredenburg
the commercial centre of the West Coast.
St Helena Bay
fishing and fish-processing operations.
Langebaan
coastal marine and construction trades.
What we make for Saldanha Bay
- 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 Saldanha Bay
- 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 Saldanha Bay
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 Saldanha Bay customers
Do you make parts for companies in Saldanha Industrial, Vredenburg and St Helena Bay?
Yes. Pitchline Engineering manufactures precision components for businesses throughout Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, including Saldanha Industrial, Vredenburg, St Helena Bay and Langebaan. Every part is made at our factory at 32 Henwood Road, Pinetown.
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.
Do you supply road marking guns and air brake kits to Saldanha Bay?
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.
Is Langebaan covered too?
Yes. We treat all of greater Saldanha Bay as one service area, so customers in Langebaan get the same factory, the same services and the same quoting process.
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.