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title: "Preheating"
url: "https://uptonindustries.com/application/preheating/"
description: "Upton box, car bottom, bell and pit type furnaces for preheating, electric or gas fired with fan recirculation for even heating of the workload."
site: "Upton Industries"
updated: "2026-09-25T04:24:43+00:00"
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# Preheating

Upton box, car bottom, bell and pit type furnaces for preheating, electric or gas fired with fan recirculation for even heating of the workload.

4 Upton systems · Batch · Specialty · Pit

- **Process:** Preheating
- **Equipment type:** [Batch, specialty & pit furnaces](https://uptonindustries.com/application/preheating/#route-other)
- **Systems:** 4

[Request a quote for a preheating system](https://uptonindustries.com/contact/?need=equipment&ref=Preheating)

## Plan your equipment

Send the incoming part dimensions, load arrangement and production pattern, and we’ll discuss which batch, bell or pit furnace suits your preheating.

## Batch, specialty & pit furnaces

### [Box Furnaces](https://uptonindustries.com/products/batch-furnaces/box-furnaces/)

Batch · U-BE · U-BCE

Electric or gas-fired box furnaces with fan recirculation; a charge-table model is available as the U-BCE.

### [Car Bottom Furnaces](https://uptonindustries.com/products/batch-furnaces/car-bottom-furnaces/)

Batch · U-CBE

Electric or gas-fired car-bottom furnaces with fan recirculation and a ColdCar loading hearth.

### [Bell Furnaces](https://uptonindustries.com/products/specialty-furnaces/bell-furnaces/)

Specialty · U-LBE

Electric or gas-fired lift-off bell furnaces with fan recirculation and ball-screw actuators in the lifting system.

### [Pit Type Furnaces](https://uptonindustries.com/products/pit-type-furnaces/)

Pit · U-PE

Electric or gas-fired pit furnaces with stainless-steel retorts and bottom-mounted circulation fans.

## Related processes

- [Annealing 4 shared systems](https://uptonindustries.com/application/annealing/)
- [Atmosphere Processing 4 shared systems](https://uptonindustries.com/application/atmosphere-processing/)
- [Drawing 4 shared systems](https://uptonindustries.com/application/drawing/)
- [Spheroidizing 4 shared systems](https://uptonindustries.com/application/spheroidizing/)
- [Tempering 4 shared systems](https://uptonindustries.com/application/tempering/)
- [Normalizing 3 shared systems](https://uptonindustries.com/application/normalizing/)

## Need a custom thermal solution?

Send us your process details to start a quote.

[Request a quote](https://uptonindustries.com/contact/?need=equipment&ref=Preheating)