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Honingcraft Products:

Honed Tube

Honingcraft is one of the largest honed tube suppliers in South Africa. We stock cold-drawn seamless hydraulic steel tubes sourced from the best suppliers locally ...

Chrome Bar

Honingcraft sources and manufactures only the best CK45 chrome bars. We stock all popular sizes in the metric and imperial ranges. Chromed shafts are wrapped ...

Hydraulic Cylinder Kits

Honingcraft supplies all free cutting steel materials used in the manufacture of hydraulic cylinders. We supply cold drawn, seamless tubing, chrome bars and rods, cast-iron ...

Hydraulic Cylinder Kits

Honingcraft supplies all free cutting steel materials used in the manufacture of hydraulic cylinders. We supply cold drawn, seamless tubing, chrome bars and rods, cast-iron ...

Honed Tube

Honingcraft is one of the largest honed tube suppliers in South Africa. We stock cold-drawn seamless hydraulic steel tubes sourced from the best suppliers locally ...

Chrome Bar

Honingcraft sources and manufactures only the best CK45 chrome bars. We stock all popular sizes in the metric and imperial ranges. Chromed shafts are wrapped ...

Honingcraft Machining Services for Hydraulic Cylinder Manufacturing

General Engineering And Machining

Honingcraft’s machining department houses precision equipment that specializes in turning, boring, milling and threading of hydraulic cylinder components.

Deep Hole Drilling

Honingcraft provides deep hole drilling services. Deep hole drilling is used to remove the core of a solid steel round-bar to manufacture highly specialised cylindrical ...

Honing

We are superbly armed to hone with high precision, package with diligence, and deliver without time waste.

Boring

Honingcraft manufactures custom tubes to your specification with our state of the art boring machines. We specialise in boring hollow bar for use in the ...

Precision Grinding

Our experienced artisans operate the world’s most sophisticated grinding machines to precision tolerances.

Honingcraft Hard Chrome Plating Electroplating

Chroming

Honingcraft Moser operates one of the largest shaft chroming plants in Africa, enabling us to provide any industrial chroming requirement.

Bronze Plating

We electroplate inside diameters, outside diameters and flat surfaces with bronze to ensure surfaces are wear resistant.

Packaging

Honingcraft offers cardboard covering or custom built crates, and will tack weld cover plates onto barrels to prevent damage during loading.

Logistics

Honingcraft delivers outstanding service to our customers. We offer free delivery within 25 km radius of our workshop locations.

Quality

Honingcraft ensures quality through traceability. All the products on our workshop floor are marked with unique identifying job number codes. Identification and traceability are requirements ...

Welding

During the course of most precision steel manufacturing projects, welding is often needed for a large variety of reasons.

Reconditioning

Recondition rock drill sleeves, hydraulic cylinder barrels and rods, engine liners and pump shafts.

Welding

During the course of most precision steel manufacturing projects, welding is often needed for a large variety of reasons.

Reconditioning

Recondition rock drill sleeves, hydraulic cylinder barrels and rods, engine liners and pump shafts.

Quality

Honingcraft ensures quality through traceability. All the products on our workshop floor are marked with unique identifying job number codes. Identification and traceability are requirements ...

Precision Grinding

Our experienced artisans operate the world’s most sophisticated grinding machines to precision tolerances.

Packaging

Honingcraft offers cardboard covering or custom built crates, and will tack weld cover plates onto barrels to prevent damage during loading.

Logistics

Honingcraft delivers outstanding service to our customers. We offer free delivery within 25 km radius of our workshop locations.

Honing

We are superbly armed to hone with high precision, package with diligence, and deliver without time waste.

General Engineering And Machining

Honingcraft’s machining department houses precision equipment that specializes in turning, boring, milling and threading of hydraulic cylinder components.

Deep Hole Drilling

Honingcraft provides deep hole drilling services. Deep hole drilling is used to remove the core of a solid steel round-bar to manufacture highly specialised cylindrical ...

Chroming

Honingcraft Moser operates one of the largest shaft chroming plants in Africa, enabling us to provide any industrial chroming requirement.

Bronze Plating

We electroplate inside diameters, outside diameters and flat surfaces with bronze to ensure surfaces are wear resistant.

Boring

Honingcraft manufactures custom tubes to your specification with our state of the art boring machines. We specialise in boring hollow bar for use in the ...

Hone After Weld

Welding cylinder tubes often result in distortion of the material and we offer a hone after-weld service, at no extra cost, where our customers are ...

Honed Barrels

Our customers save up to 25% on their cylinder manufacturing lead time by making use of Honingcraft’s honed barrels.

Cylinder Rods

Cylinder rods are hard-chromed to make them resistant to the wear that would usually destroy the base material during normal operation. The smooth surface protects ...

Rock drill sleeve reconditioning

With its sophisticated life extension technology, Honingcraft Group of Companies reconditions rock drills. Using internal grinding and hard chrome to replace the materials lost during ...

Reconditioning Hydraulic Cylinder Barrels

Hydraulic cylinder barrel reconditioning

With its sophisticated life extension technology, Honingcraft Group of Companies reconditions hydraulic cylinder barrels. Using a combination of internal honing, metal spray and Moser Hardchrome ...

Hydraulic cylinder rod reconditioning

Honingcraft Group of Companies reconditions hydraulic cylinder rods using a combination of external grinding and Moser Hardchrome to replace the materials lost during grinding. Honingcraft ...

Engine liner reconditioning

By reconditioning engine liners used for diesel engines for both ships and locomotives, the productive lifespan of these critical components can easily be doubled at ...

Mono pump shaft reconditioning

By reconditioning mono pump shafts, the productive lifespan can easily be doubled at a fraction of the cost of a replacement. Using Moser Hardchrome, we ...

Pellet Dye Reconditioning

Honingcraft Moser operates one of the largest shaft chroming plants in Africa, enabling us to provide any industrial chroming requirement.

Extrusion Barrel Reconditioning

Welding cylinder tubes often result in distortion of the material and we offer a hone after-weld service, at no extra cost, where our customers are ...

Hone After Weld

Welding cylinder tubes often result in distortion of the material and we offer a hone after-weld service, at no extra cost, where our customers are ...

Honed Barrels

Our customers save up to 25% on their cylinder manufacturing lead time by making use of Honingcraft’s honed barrels.

Cylinder Rods

Cylinder rods are hard-chromed to make them resistant to the wear that would usually destroy the base material during normal operation. The smooth surface protects ...

Rock drill sleeve reconditioning

With its sophisticated life extension technology, Honingcraft Group of Companies reconditions rock drills. Using internal grinding and hard chrome to replace the materials lost during ...

Hydraulic cylinder barrel reconditioning

With its sophisticated life extension technology, Honingcraft Group of Companies reconditions hydraulic cylinder barrels. Using a combination of internal honing, metal spray and Moser Hardchrome ...

Hydraulic cylinder rod reconditioning

Honingcraft Group of Companies reconditions hydraulic cylinder rods using a combination of external grinding and Moser Hardchrome to replace the materials lost during grinding. Honingcraft ...

Engine liner reconditioning

By reconditioning engine liners used for diesel engines for both ships and locomotives, the productive lifespan of these critical components can easily be doubled at ...

Mono pump shaft reconditioning

By reconditioning mono pump shafts, the productive lifespan can easily be doubled at a fraction of the cost of a replacement. Using Moser Hardchrome, we ...

Extrusion Barrel Reconditioning

Welding cylinder tubes often result in distortion of the material and we offer a hone after-weld service, at no extra cost, where our customers are ...

About Us

The Honingcraft commitment to quality and service

Honingcraft supplies honed tubing and chrome bar from South Africa. We support hydraulic cylinder manufacturers with materials and surface finishing technology. Our massive stock and variety of precision free cutting steel makes us a preferred supplier to the best hydraulic manufacturers in Africa. We provide honing services which ensure that every barrel is honed to the finest tolerances of smoothness, concentricity and parallelism. Honingcraft operates from a 10,000 m2 factory serviced by a combined 100 tonnes of cranage and a staff complement of over 119 employees. We provide precision surface treatment services through our two partner companies:

Honingcraft Moser

Honingcraft Moser specialises in hard chrome plating by electrolysis and precision internal and external grinding to extend the effective lifespan of specialised components like hydraulic cylinder rods, rock drills, mono-pump shafts, automotive press dies, air valves, locomotive engine liners and ships engine liners.

Moser Industries was the first specialist chroming business in South Africa and is a proud part of industrial chroming history and the chrome industry. In 2011, it had 30 employees who shared 500 years of experience in the chroming industry.

Moser is a company built on experience and is a proud part of chrome history and the chrome industry in South Africa. Through Moser Industries, commercial chroming became available to manufacturers in South Africa.

Honingcraft Jünger

Honingcraft Jünger provides chroming and precision grinding services in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape.

We carry stock of tubing, chrome bar and cylinder kits for local distribution and also provide metal spray as an additional service. Our facility can grind up to 700 mm diameters and 3 m between centres. Reach out to a hydraulic support specialist for more information.

"On behalf of Management and the Hybar Team, we would like to express our extreme gratitude for handling our order with such promptness, competence and efficiency. As you were aware, the job became urgent and had to leave for Mozambique on Monday the 15th May 2023. Your team at Honing Craft handled our high priority request with utter professionalism and grave necessity in order to ensure that we got the job out on scheduled time. There were regular updates given regarding the job in subject as well as the great effort you put in on working with the shaft timeously and with top precedence. The workmanship on the shaft was of exceptional standard. Secondly, we would also like to extend a special thanks to you for the impeccable condition it was packaged in upon receival. The customer service provided by yourselves was second to none and we are so pleased to be working alongside a fabulous Team that goes above and beyond to exceed customer expectations. We at Hybar would appreciate it if you would convey this message and recognition for the outstanding service received."

Excellent suppliers of hard chromed shafting and internal honing. Always willing to assist.

Honingcraft customer service cannot be compared to anything. They keep their promise to you. If they can't, they tell you in advance - no lies. Keep up the good work. Thumbs up!

Quick, friendly service. Top quality products. Right price.

Friendly staff, awesome products and very affordable pricing

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