Heidolph equipment

About Heidolph

Heidolph is a German laboratory equipment manufacturer founded in 1938 in Schwabach, Germany, originally as a maker of precision drive motors and engineering. The company moved from motors into laboratory instrumentation and now specializes in life sciences and pharmaceutical research instruments. Its primary categories are rotary evaporators, magnetic hotplate stirrers, overhead stirrers, shakers and mixers, peristaltic pumps, vacuum pumps, autoclaves, and cell cultivation systems. The precision-drive heritage still shows in the stirrer and mixer lines, where motor control is the core engineering challenge. In September 2024 Heidolph was acquired by ATS Corporation, through its ATS Life Sciences division. On Questpair, 595 Heidolph items are listed from 14 verified suppliers and distributors across 7 countries.

What Heidolph instruments are built to do?

Rotary evaporators do solvent evaporation, the controlled removal of a solvent under reduced pressure, which makes them a standard fixture in synthetic and analytical chemistry labs. Overhead stirrers and magnetic hotplate stirrers do mixing and sample preparation, driving reactions and homogenising solutions where consistent torque or heat matters. Several of these classes feed directly into biotechnology and life sciences workflows. Rotary evaporation concentrates fractions in protein purification and natural-product extraction. Peristaltic pumps move media and buffers in cell culture and bioprocessing, where the fluid never touches the pump mechanism and sterility is preserved. Heidolph's cell cultivation systems are built for growing cells under controlled conditions, the step that underpins biomanufacturing and much of molecular biology. Overhead stirrers are also used for media formulation and for suspending cells gently during cultivation. Autoclaves do sterilization, the prerequisite for any microbiology or cell culture protocol that needs sterile glassware and media. Taken together, the range serves the bench side of molecular diagnostics, cell imaging preparation, and the formulation work that sits upstream of genomics and proteomics sample handling.

Heidolph product lines on Questpair

The catalogue groups by the primary categories above. Rotary evaporators and magnetic hotplate stirrers make up the classes most labs recognise the brand for, and the listings typically span benchtop sizes suited to teaching labs through to larger units for production-scale distillation. Overhead stirrers, shakers and mixers appear alongside the pump lines, peristaltic and vacuum, that pair with the evaporators in a full setup. Autoclaves and cell cultivation systems round out the life sciences side. Among the listings that specify a type, these categories are the ones that recur; the split should be read as what is currently offered rather than a complete map of everything the maker builds.

Price and condition on Questpair

Prices run from EUR 27 to EUR 45.197. The average listing sits at EUR 2.282. 74 percent of the listings are used. The low end of the range covers accessories and single components, while the top end covers complete evaporation systems with vacuum and chilling control. For documentation, a buyer can contact Questpair and specialists respond within an hour, and parts can be sourced via Questpair. Warranty is often possible and is arranged in consultation for the specific listing, so a buyer weighing a used unit against a new one should read that listing for the terms that apply to it.

Questpair review of Heidolph

Our take based on listings data and supplier feedback

Heidolph occupies a specific place in the laboratory instrument market: it builds the workhorse devices that sit on a bench and run for years, rather than the large analytical platforms. The Questpair catalogue reflects that. With 595 listings drawn from 14 verified suppliers and distributors, the inventory is deep enough that a buyer looking for a rotary evaporator or an overhead stirrer can usually compare several models of the same class side by side, which is harder to do when sourcing from a single seller.

The first benefit, breadth in one place, matters most for labs that run mixed protocols. A single Heidolph order might combine an evaporator for solvent removal, a magnetic hotplate stirrer for reaction setup, and a peristaltic pump for fluid transfer. Having these available through one catalogue, from suppliers spread across 7 countries, shortens the sourcing step. The practical value is not that the list is exhaustive but that the common classes this maker is known for are represented together.

The second benefit concerns condition and price. 74 percent of the listings are used. For a buyer, this is the decisive figure. Heidolph instruments are mechanically straightforward, drive motors, heating elements, glassware fittings, and a used unit of this type can serve for a long time if it has been maintained. Where a buyer has to weigh used against new, the honest comparison is on price: used and refurbished units are listed below new pricing, and warranty is arranged in consultation for the specific listing rather than set centrally. A buyer should read the individual listing for condition detail.

The third benefit, the price spread, becomes clear from the range. Prices run from EUR 27 to EUR 45.197. The low end covers accessories and single components, a replacement vapour tube, a clamp, a small stirrer, while the high end covers complete evaporation systems with vacuum control and chilling. The average sits at EUR 2.282, which places most of the catalogue in the mid-range benchtop bracket where Heidolph is strongest. This spread lets a lab buy a whole system or source a single part through the same catalogue.

Two qualifications keep the picture accurate. Questpair lists suppliers and arranges warranty per listing, but does not service or repair equipment, so a buyer planning long-term maintenance should factor that in separately. And the condition split distinguishes new from used only; it does not grade used units further, so the listing itself is where condition is judged. For a buyer who knows the Heidolph range and wants to compare options by model, class, and price without approaching each seller individually, the catalogue does the consolidating work. It is less useful to a buyer who needs a guided recommendation, since the format assumes you already know which instrument class your protocol calls for.

**Deep German instrument catalogue in one place**

Across 14 verified suppliers in 7 countries, 595 Heidolph items are listed, from rotary evaporators to overhead stirrers, so a buyer can compare models without contacting each seller separately.

**Used inventory priced below new**

74 percent of the listings are used, which puts established Heidolph instruments within reach of labs that cannot justify new pricing.

**A price spread that covers single accessories to complete systems**

Prices range from EUR 27 to EUR 45.197, so the catalogue holds both small spare components and full benchtop evaporation setups.