About Us

Established in 1938, Carbolite has over 70 years of experience in the design & manufacture of electric laboratory & industrial furnaces, laboratory & industrial ovens & incubators.

During this time, Carbolite has established an enviable reputation for its ability to design and manufacture quality products for standard & special applications for laboratory, pilot scale & industrial applications. Today, Carbolite equipment has become the standard against which other heat processing equipment is measured

The Carbolite worldwide headquarters are located in the beautiful countryside of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, UK - where a wide range of sophisticated thermal processing equipment is produced. Daughter companies are located in Ubstadt-Weiher in Germany, Bourron Marlotte in France and Watertown, WI in the USA.

Carbolite has ISO 9001:2008 certification, issued by SGS UK Ltd.

The extensive portfolio offered by Carbolite includes both laboratory chamber/box furnaces & laboratory tube furnaces to 1800°C. Tube furnaces are available as single or multi-zone, horizontal/vertical, split & rotating models. A wide variety of tube diameters & tube heated lengths is available. Chamber/box furnaces are available in many sizes; models include high temperature furnaces, ashing/calcining furnaces, furnaces for the analysis of coal & coke and precious metals evaluation furnaces.

In addition to the range of electric laboratory furnaces and ovens, Carbolite also offers an extensive range of pilot plant and industrial furnaces and industrial ovens for various heat treatment applications.

Product ranges include: mesh belt furnaces, roller hearth furnaces, rotary hearth furnaces, top loading furnaces, top hat furnaces, blade strip hardening furnaces and elevator hearth furnaces. The range of industrial ovens includes: aluminium solution ovens, bogie hearth ovens, air recirculating chamber ovens and inert atmosphere ovens.

In addition to an extensive and prestigious customer base in the UK, products are exported to over 100 countries worldwide through a network of experienced and fully trained distributors.

If you are not currently a user of Carbolite products, we look forward to supplying your requirements, and so joining our list of satisfied customers worldwide.

For UK customers

If the furnace or oven you intend to purchase is to be used as 'like for like' replacement for an existing unit, you may be entiled to free collection and disposal of your old furnace or oven under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations, direction 2002/96/EC. The product to be disposed of must be of a similar size or smaller, and used for the same purpose as the one which will be purchased to replace it. Please contact us for details