Services
Our Services
As a unified team, we collaborate with global market-leading brands and follow aproven process to deliver the highest quality products and services to our clients.
Through out our manufacturing process, we prioritise customer inputs, considering them as integral to our operations. Once the design is accepted, we procure the necessary raw materials and initiate the physical manufacturing process. This process involves several stages, each facilitated by specialised machinery and producing specific outputs.
To ensure exceptional quality, we exercise rigorous Quality Assurance at crucial checkpoints during the Manufacturing, Integration, and Testing phases. These checkpoints are carefully documented to maintain transparency and accountability. Our Testing procedures are predetermined and documented during the Design phase, and they are executed and recorded accordingly during the Testing phase.
“The Hitech-Gregfor team is experienced, flexible, innovative and their great skill sets make the decision to use them an easy one.”
Geoffrey Wood, Senior Commercial Manager
Design Services
Hitech-Gregfor has one of the top design teams in the country,and utilises only the most advanced 2D & 3D CAD software such as AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, and Solid Works toprovide clients with new standards in drawing excellence.
We work collaboratively to visualise a concept for every need. Drawings are stored in a client-confidential system protectedvia daily backups. For accuracy and efficiency final drawings are automatically sent to our machines.
“Hitech-Gregfor offers a superb service, which motivates our decision to use them as a preferred supplier.”
Matthew Ashe, Regional Operations Director SA
Manufacturing Services
We are the leader in sheet metal manufacturing, offering a multitude of specialised services to create bespoke end products or off-the-shelf components
Blanking
Services
These are Laser cutting, Punching and Perforation, processed from raw sheet metal, ensuring minimal wastage and prepared for the next production phase.
PUNCHING MACHINE: AMADA VIPROS
22 ton press capacity
2500 x 1250 mm maximum sheet size (with one reposition)
3 mm Maximum Material Thickness (Mild Steel)
2 mm Maximum Material Thickness (Stainless Steel)
3228 IPM Positioning Speed
±0.5 Punching Accuracy
PUNCHING MACHINE: AMADA
30 ton press capacity
2500 x 1500 mm maximum sheet size (no reposition)
3000 x 1500 mm maximum sheet size (with one reposition
3 mm Maximum Material Thickness (Mild Steel)
3 mm Maximum Material Thickness (Stainless Steel)
500 HPM on 1″ centre – world’s highest hit rate!
Higher positioning speed improves productivity
Brush table design provides scratch-free processing, eliminating
secondary finishing
Laser Cutting
Laser cutting machines can accurately produce complex exterior contours and take direct input from a CAD drawing to produce flat form parts of great complexity in Mild Steel, Stainless Steel and Aluminium.
Punching
New technology and flexible tooling allow short runs and complex part configurations to be produced in the most economical way possible.
Pressing, Rolling & Notching
Our innovative fastener insertion machines enable us to use a wide range of self-clinching fasteners, optimising labour, enhancing quality, and increasing productivity. This technology ensures greater reliability in Studand Bush design, while diverse tooling provides flexibility. Additionally, our department includes Corner Notcher and Rolling machines, expanding our capabilities to accommodate a variety of applications.
Bending
and Forming Services
We have six Amada Press-Brakes to increase turn-around time and production efficiency.
Bending
To change the shape of metal the material is stressed beyond the yield strength but below the ultimate tensile strength. Our substantial tooling and a 220 ton press strength allows usto bend almost every possible combinationr equested.
Forming
Our range of machines are CSM of which oneis a CNC and the other is NC.
220-TON BENDING MACHINE
220-ton capacity
4000 mm max bend length
3760 mm between frames
470 mm open height 300 mm stroke
CNC Controlled
100-TON BENDING MACHINE
100-ton capacity
3000 mm max bend length
2700 mm between frames
200 mm open height 300 mm stroke
CNC Controlled
100-TON BENDING MACHINE
88-ton capacity
2500 mm max bend length
200mm between frames
500mm open height 200 mm stroke
CNC Controlled
CNC 38 TMRE-P
Maximum 38mm diameter
Available tools: 25.4mm diameter/50.8R, 63.5R, 88.9R including
rolling and 32mm diameter/150R
NC A89NC B
Maximum 89mm diameter
Available tools: 50.8mm diameter/150R, 32mm square/112R,
50mm square/152R, 50x75mm rectangular/152R
Machine Services
We offer Turning, Milling and Bush & Stud Insertion across three CNC Turning and Machining centres using a variety of machines.
Milling
Milling cutters of many shapes and sizes are held and can move in three perpendicular directions to cut flat surfaces, grooves, dovetails, T-slots and even concave and convex forms with combined maximum working dimensions: X-1020mm, Y-550mm and Z-540mm.
Turning
The process where by a centre lathe is used to produce “solids of revolution”. It can be done manually, in a traditional form of lathe or by using an automated lathe referred to as having computer numerical control, better known as CNC, with combined maximum working dimensions: 280mm diameter and 550mm long.
Stud and Bush Inserting
Fasteners for sheet metal provide deep-tapped female threads or self-clinching studs for use with thin sheet metals. Once installed, they’r epermanently attached to the mating material, allowing the nut or bolt to be removed withoutthe risk of the fastener becoming dislodged.Easily installed using equipment such as Haeger Presses, our factory has two Haeger 618Modular Autofeed Systems with 6 tons of ram force and a 457 mm throat depth and a Haeger 824 Plus with 8 tons of ram force and a610 mm throat depth for larger jobs.
Welding Services
Our 10 welding bays with MIG/TIG combination machines achievethe best possible results in mildand stainless steel. Five spotwelding machines and studwelding equipment add a variety of permanent joining procedures.
Fanuc Welding Robot
• With Lincoln Electric Power
Source (Power Wave F355i)
• High motion speeds with great performance
and productivity
• Integrated Servo Torch with wrist-mounted
wire feeder
• Mild or Stainless Steel applications
• Dual Table Setup for increased productivity
Spot Welding
Resistance welding is one of the oldest electric welding processes. The weld is made by acombination of heat, pressure and time. The pressure exerted by the tongs and electrode tips, through which the current flows, holds the parts to be welded in intimate contact before,during, and after the welding current time cycle.
Grinding
Our grinding rooms are in excess of 100m2 an dhave over 10 work stations, they are split equally to avoid contamination between Mild and Stainless Steel. Various grit discs are used, from36-180 depending on the product and desired finish, in this highly skilled manual process.
Finishing Services
We offer Automated Powder Coating, Electro Plating, and Electro Marking as finishes to all our manufactured products.
Powdercoating
Proper preparation is crucial for successful coating and our efficient five-stage cleaning process ensures this is done economically. Parts are then sprayed with electrostatically charged paint in a wide range of stock colours, or RAL colours, and oven cured to create a continuous film. With fully automate dplants, we maintain high flexibility in meeting market demands.
Pickling & Passivation
Stainless steels rely on a vital passive film for their corrosion resistance. This is often damaged by welding and the affected area srequire repair by a pickling & passivation dip system.
Electro-Chemical Cleaning
This process cleans by means of an instantaneous electrolyte reaction with the chemical agent, resulting in excellent quality cleaning and passivation of welds on Stainless Steel items which have been MIG or TIG welded.
Marking
The Marking System allows any logo or graphicst o be instantaneously and permanently etched onto Stainless Steel with a maximum height of 70mm and any length.
Electroplating
One of the latest advancements in the factoryis an automated Electro plating Plant that deposits an adherent surface layer of a metal having a desired property such as abrasion, wear resistance, corrosion protection, lubricity, or improvement of aesthetics, onto a substrate lacking that property. An example we use is the coating of an electrically conductive objectwith a layer of zinc.
The product finishes are as follows:
• Yellow Passivated
• Blue Passivated
• Yellow Passivated with Superseal
• Blue Passivated with Superseal
• Plating with no Passivation – preparation for Powder Coating
“Many installations have been completed in a professional manner and at competitive prices.”
Brendan Dysel, Head of Data Centre Systems
Integration Services
We are approved distributors and integrators of globally recognized OEM capital plant equipment and market leading software from the world’s best vendors.
From Li-ion Storage, InRow Cooling and HACS to Fire Detection & Suppression, Access Control and CCTV our specialist equipment and software to ensure top-notch integration services.
Testing Services
To meet your needs and our stringent quality assurance requirements we conductrigorous L1 to L5 Integrated Systems Testing (FAT / SAT)
Delivery & Rigging
Our delivery and rigging services ensure aseamless transition from off-site constructionto on-site setup with Abnormal Loads or Sea Freight where necessary.
Once fully set up on-site, final integrations andtesting are completed as per the design specifications.
Managed Services
Our service doesn’t stop once you are up and running, we offer environmental monitoring and proactive preventative maintenance of all your critical infrastructure.
“The management team is active in the day today management of the resources and ever willing to support specific business initiatives.”
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