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Review
Drawing, material, finish and critical tolerances checked before acceptance.
Short-run manufacturingEastern Cape / ZA
Machining · fabrication · finishing
Built to the drawing.
Precision metalwork for teams that care about fit, repeatability and knowing what happened when something did not pass inspection.
±0.02typical CNC tolerance
24hquote target
100%final job traceability
Cell 03 / active
Material: 6082-T6
Op: finish pass
Inspection: pending
01 / Shop brief
A manufacturing partner for the awkward middle.
Forge North sits between prototype-only workshops and high-volume factories. We make short runs, repair critical assemblies and carry repeat jobs where documentation matters as much as the part.
Every order has a traveller: material, drawing revision, operations, inspection points and sign-off. That record stays with the job so a repeat is actually a repeat.
02 / Capability
What moves through the floor.
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CNC machining
Milled and turned aluminium, mild steel, stainless and engineering plastics for prototypes and repeat short runs.
3-axis · turning · probing
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Cut / form / weld
Laser-cut and formed sheet, frames, brackets, guards and welded assemblies with documented fixtures.
MIG · TIG · fixtures
03
Industrial finishing
Deburr, bead blast, powder coat coordination, passivation and finish verification before dispatch.
surface control
04
Repair & reverse engineering
Measure worn or broken components, document critical interfaces and reproduce where commercial replacement is impractical.
sample-to-drawing
03 / Job traveller
No mystery between PO and pallet.
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Plan
Operations, tooling, fixture approach and inspection gates set.
03
Make
Work released to the floor against the current drawing revision.
04
Inspect
In-process and final checks recorded against critical features.
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Finish
Surface requirements verified after subcontract or in-house prep.
06
Release
Packing, certificates and traveller closed before dispatch.
04 / Recent jobs
Work shown as specifications, not glamour shots.
FN-24081
Pump skid frame
- Material
- 316L stainless
- Quantity
- 12 assemblies
- Critical note
- ±0.5 mm frame datum
FN-24104
Sensor carrier
- Material
- 6082-T6 aluminium
- Quantity
- 48 parts
- Critical note
- ±0.03 mm bore
FN-24117
Conveyor guard set
- Material
- Mild steel / powder coat
- Quantity
- 7 sets
- Critical note
- fit-to-existing line
Quality is a record, not a promise.
98.7%
first-pass acceptance
1.6 days
average RFQ turnaround
0
unclosed NCRs at dispatch
93%
repeat-order retention
06 / People
The names on the traveller.
Lwazi Ncube
Production lead
planning · fixtures · throughput
Megan Olivier
Quality technician
inspection · NCR · release
Thabo Radebe
CNC machinist
milling · turning · probing
Amir Daniels
Fabrication lead
TIG · MIG · assembly
07 / Shop notes
Technical detail before sales copy.
When a ±0.1 tolerance is expensive for no reason
A practical note on matching tolerance to function instead of copying the tightest number from an old drawing.
Powder coat adds material. Your fit should know that.
How masked faces, threaded features and mating interfaces should be called out before finishing.
Reverse engineering starts with interfaces
The fastest route to a useful replacement part is identifying what must fit, seal, clear or align — not measuring everything equally.
08 / RFQ questions
What procurement usually asks next.
What files do you need for a quote?
STEP or IGES is preferred for machined parts, with a PDF drawing for tolerances, finishes and inspection notes. DXF is sufficient for many cut-and-form jobs.
Can you work from a physical sample?
Yes. We can reverse-engineer simple components, document critical dimensions and agree where cosmetic approximation is acceptable before production.
Do you accept one-off jobs?
Yes, when the setup is commercially sensible. Prototype and repair work is quoted separately from repeat production.
What happens if a part fails inspection?
Non-conforming work is quarantined, recorded and reviewed before shipment. Depending on the cause we rework, remake or agree a documented concession with the client.
STEP / IGES / DXF / PDF accepted
Material certs & inspection reports on request
Fictional identity created as an Interlink catalogue design.