These are two tube furnaces, a vertical one (Carbolite) and a horizontal one (Lenton), allowing to carry out preparations of supported metal catalysts (reduction and/or drying of the support impregnated with the precursor salt), pyrolyses of carbonated materials under various gaseous streams (nitrogen, air, CO₂, dry or wet gas) in order to produce or modify active carbons…

Depending on the furnace, several reactors can be used: ceramic reactor in the case of the Lenton horizontal furnace and glass, quartz or stainless steel reactor in the case of the Carbolite vertical furnace. In both instances, it is possible to reach heating temperatures as high as 1200°C.