---
title: "Salt bath and heat-treating furnaces, built for your process."
url: "https://uptonindustries.com/"
description: "Molten salt bath, batch, pit and specialty furnaces designed and built by Upton Industries in Roseville, Michigan and custom engineered for your process."
site: "Upton Industries"
updated: "2026-09-25T03:54:28+00:00"
---

Est. 1937 · A Kolene Company

# Salt bath and heat-treating furnaces, built for your process.

Molten salt bath, batch, pit and specialty furnaces designed and manufactured in Roseville, Michigan.

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## Why Upton

### Designed and manufactured

Thermal process systems engineered around furnace type, heating method, controls and production flow.

### Salt bath heritage

Upton has built molten salt bath equipment since 1937.

### Electric or gas-fired systems

Equipment can be specified for electric heating or gas firing, with protective atmosphere options when required.

### Parts and mechanisms

Replacement parts, transformers, parts washers and desludging mechanisms support existing thermal processing lines.

## Choose a furnace family

Furnace pages list models, drawings and the details we need for a quote. Need parts for an existing furnace? Start with Replacement & Spare Parts.

### [Salt Bath Furnaces](https://uptonindustries.com/products/salt-bath-furnaces/)

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

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

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

### [Replacement & Spare Parts](https://uptonindustries.com/products/replacement-spare-parts/)

Don't see what you need? Upton designs each system around your parts and process.

[Tell us about your process](https://uptonindustries.com/contact/)

## Find equipment for your process

Start with common production requirements, then browse the full applications directory for product matches.

### Core heat treatment

- [Annealing](https://uptonindustries.com/application/annealing/)
- [Tempering](https://uptonindustries.com/application/tempering/)
- [Stress Relieving](https://uptonindustries.com/application/stress-relieving/)
- [Normalizing](https://uptonindustries.com/application/normalizing/)

### Hardening and quench

- [Neutral Hardening](https://uptonindustries.com/application/neutral-hardening/)
- [Austempering](https://uptonindustries.com/application/austempering/)
- [Martempering](https://uptonindustries.com/application/martempering/)
- [Marquenching](https://uptonindustries.com/application/marquenching/)

### Cleaning and stripping

- [Metal Cleaning](https://uptonindustries.com/application/metal-cleaning/)
- [Degreasing](https://uptonindustries.com/application/degreasing/)
- [Paint Stripping](https://uptonindustries.com/application/paint-stripping/)
- [Organic Stripping](https://uptonindustries.com/application/organic-stripping/)

### Specialty processes

- [Drawing](https://uptonindustries.com/application/drawing/)
- [Atmosphere Processing](https://uptonindustries.com/application/atmosphere-processing/)
- [Aluminum Aging](https://uptonindustries.com/application/aluminum-aging/)
- [Nitinol Processing](https://uptonindustries.com/application/nitinol-processing/)

[Browse all applications](https://uptonindustries.com/applications/)

## Need a custom thermal solution?

Send us your process details to start a quote.

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