Laboratory Incubators
Laboratory incubators are precise temperature-controlled units that are commonly used to heat bird and reptile eggs, keeping them within their ideal temperature range to promote healthy growth. Shop Memmert incubators today.
Laboratory Incubators from Memmert
Our laboratory incubators are ideal for all applications with temperatures up to +80°C and for incubating living cultures at +37°C. We know even minimal temperature deviations can cause an experiment or cultivation in an incubator to fail, so we've designed highly precise, energy-efficient and extremely safe incubators with your success at the forefront. Thanks to our precise control technology, critical temperature overshoots are impossible and valuable loads are warmed carefully and consistently. Get complete control with critically narrow control ranges you can easily keep true to your desired setpoint values.
We've adapted elements of Peltier technology to create a high-performance incubator heating and cooling system for without compressors or refrigerants. Our high-performance IPPeco incubators feature Peltier technology to allow for environmentally-friendly temperature control. The Memmert ICP incubator cools with conventional compressor technology and has the fastest heat up and cool down times in its class.
Model Guide

ICO
CO2 Incubator
Active RH control, short recovery times, six sided heating and interior heated glass door provides perfect climate for cell and tissue cultures. Battery back up for data logging and C02 control functional even during a power failure.

ICP
Compressor Cooled Incubator
Environment conscious, compressor cooled utilizing C02 refrigerant R744 incubator, perfect for rapid temperature changes and multiple setpoint ramps. Incubating, breeding, and storing the ICPeco is superior.

IF
Forced Circulation Incubator
In working with a fully loaded chamber, forced air circulation maybe required for uniform temperature and air distribution. Interior rear wall fan motor can be precisely adjusted in 10% increments, or shut off completely to avoid drying out of samples.

IN
Natural Convection Incubator
Memmert incubator provides perfect combination of all-round surface heating and precise temperature control system safe for research, pharmaceuticals, medicine, and food chemistry.

IPPeco
Peltier Cooled Incubator
Memmert's energy-efficient line of Peltier cooled incubators with set point temperature range 0C to +70C ensures sample quality in microbiology, food and beverage industry. This model line is best at bacteria count determination, cultivation studies, stability and aging test and shelf life tests.
Incubators for Any Application
Incubators are essential tools in labs across the world, providing controlled environments for the growth and cultivation of microorganisms & cells. The precise conditions within an incubator, such as temperature, humidity, and gas composition, can be carefully controlled to support cellular growth and behavior. Our incubators are suited for a wide number of uses in laboratory settings.
- Pharmaceutical Incubators: Pharmaceutical companies use incubators to evaluate the stability and shelf life of drug products. By introducing samples to controlled temperature and humidity conditions in incubators, companies can assess how products may degrade over time.
- Microbiology Incubators: Microbiology incubators are indispensable for cultivating and studying microorganisms, including bacteria, yeast, and fungi. The incubators provide the necessary warmth and aseptic conditions to support microbial growth and experimentation.
- Tissue Culture Incubators: Incubators are widely used in cell culture work, where cells and tissues are grown and maintained in controlled conditions. The incubators create a stable environment with controlled temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels, ensuring optimal tissue growth and viability.
- Accelerated Aging Incubators: Accelerated aging incubators are used in various industries to simulate the effects of time and environmental conditions on materials and products in a shorter time frame.
- Germ Count Determination Incubators: Germ count determination incubators are specifically designed for assessing microbial contamination and determining the number of viable microorganisms present in a sample. These incubators create controlled conditions to support the growth of microorganisms, allowing researchers to perform colony counting and microbial enumeration.
- Storage Incubators: Sample storage incubators are designed to maintain a stable and controlled environment for the long-term storage of various samples such as biological specimens, tissues, cells, chemicals and reagents. Storage incubators ensure sample integrity, viability and stability over extended periods of time.
Digital Incubators with Programmable Cycles
Using AtmoCONTROL, cycles can be programmed within a matter of minutes on our digital incubators. The heating system of the incubators can be programmed according to energy efficiency, heating up times, quiet running, or low vibration. With the internal data logger there is a storage capacity of at least 10 years. This creates easy access to all data logs within the 10-year range, which can be viewed online or saved in various report formats to meet your needs.
What to Consider When Purchasing an Incubator
- What temperature range do I need for an incubator?
- For most cell culture applications, a temperature range of approximately 37°C (98.6°F) is required. This is the normal body temperature of humans and many other mammals, and it is often the optimal temperature for the growth and proliferation of cells in culture. However, some cell types may require different temperatures, and it is important to carefully consider the specific requirements of the cells or tissues being incubated.
- How do incubators maintain a constant temperature?
- Incubators use heating elements and insulation to maintain a constant temperature within the incubation chamber.
- What are the advantages of Peltier cooling?
- Peltier cooling systems offer several advantages due to their lack of moving parts. Peltier systems are generally more reliable and require less maintenance than systems with moving parts. They are also energy efficient and produce minimal noise and vibrations. As a result, Peltier cooling systems can be a good choice for applications where reliability, energy efficiency and low noise and vibration levels are important.
Have a different question? Contact us today to find an incubator to suit your needs.
Memmert Incubators: Software & features
Memmert incubators have accessories and special options to suit your lab. We can adjust or add certain features including:
- Entry ports
- Extended overtemperature protection
- Additional stainless steel grids & shelving available
- Interior lighting for observing the load
- Perforated stainless steel shelf
- Heating and cooling temperature ranges
- Gas concentration variations (oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen)
Applications for incubators
Incubators are used in labs, factories, industrial settings and more for a variety of uses:
- Tissue culture
- Shelf-life testing
- Plant growth & testing
- Germ count determination
- Sample storage
- Accelerated aging
- Fermentation
Programmable Lab Equipment
Our products are equipped with AtmoCONTROL technology that has programming functions depending on which display you select:
SingleDISPLAY and TwinDISPLAY
- Manage and organize data
- Save log files in several formats
- Monitor up to 32 devices online
- Automatic alarms sent to your email when conditions are out of spec
Additional features with TwinDISPLAY
- Archive of ramps and program sequences
- Real-time view of program sequences
- Loops can be inserted within a temperature control program at any place
- Download and manage programs via Ethernet or USB