Industry Milestone: Intelligent Leveling Technology Reconstructs the Operational Logic of Scissor Equipment

Recently, leading construction machinery brand Ant announced the mass production of its intelligent automatic leveling system for scissor lift platforms, covering multi-configuration scissor platforms such as wheeled and tracked models. This technology breaks through the terrain constraints of traditional equipment, providing an "all-terrain adaptive" solution for scenarios including municipal operation and maintenance, garden construction, and energy inspection. It drives aerial work equipment to evolve from "site-dependent" to "intelligently adaptive".

I. Automatic Leveling System: An Intelligent Closed Loop of Sensing-Controlling-Executing

(1) Dynamic Sensing: Millimeter-Level Tilt Monitoring

The entire series of scissor platforms is equipped with high-precision tilt sensors, which real-time capture front/back and left/right tilt changes of the platform with an accuracy of 0.1°. Whether it is manhole depressions and speed bumps on urban roads, or slopes, gullies, muddy gravel in off-road scenarios, attitude deviations can be instantly identified.

(2) Intelligent Decision-Making: Real-Time PLC Control

Sensor data is directly transmitted to the PLC intelligent controller. Based on the chassis configuration (wheeled/tracked) and terrain characteristics, the algorithm quickly generates a leveling strategy: it drives the hydraulic leveling cylinders between the platform and the chassis to extend or retract differentially, completing dynamic leveling within ±8°~15° in 5 seconds (with small-angle compensation for urban micro-terrains and large-slope correction for off-road scenarios). This ensures the platform’s horizontal deviation is ≤3° (in line with the national standard GB/T 25849-2024).

(3) Stable Execution: Adaptive Hydraulic Solution

Adopting a layout of multiple independent leveling cylinders (4 groups for wheeled models, 6 groups for tracked models) and paired with pressure sensors to balance loads: it compensates for "micro-terrain differences" such as manholes and speed bumps in urban working conditions, and copes with "complex terrain challenges" like mud and slopes in off-road scenarios, technically eliminating the risk of one-sided overload.

II. All-Terrain Scenario Coverage: Efficient Operation × Extreme Adaptability

The intelligent leveling system enables scissor platforms to break through scenario boundaries:

Urban working conditions (wheeled/light off-road chassis): Overcoming micro-terrains such as "clusters of manholes, speed bumps, and slopes in old residential areas". The leveling system provides second-level compensation to ensure continuous operation, improving work efficiency by 30%.

Off-road working conditions (tracked/all-terrain chassis): Adapting to ±15° slopes + potholed complex terrains. Combined with the grip of tracked chassis and the leveling system, it achieves stable positioning on muddy and gravel roads, solving the pain points of "difficult deployment and unstable operation" in off-road scenarios.

Universal capabilities: After leveling, the platform can be compatible with aerial work vehicles and detection equipment mounting, realizing "one machine for multiple scenarios" and meeting enterprises’ cost-reduction needs.

III. Industry Transformation: Dual Leap in Safety and Market

(1) Safety Standard Iteration

The automatic leveling system is fully compliant with GB/T 25849-2024: In addition to strictly controlling horizontal deviation, it adds redundant functions such as "leveling failure alarm" and "forced power cut-off", technically eliminating risky operations and strengthening the bottom line of aerial work safety.

(2) Explosive Market Growth

According to industry research, the market size of intelligent leveling scissor platforms (covering multiple configurations) is expected to grow by 42% year-on-year in 2025, driven by:

The surge in demand for "all-terrain operations" in municipal, garden, and energy sectors (traditional equipment only covers flat sites, while intelligent leveling models expand to over 80% of non-paved scenarios).

Improved equipment reuse rate: One machine covers multiple scenarios, replacing traditional specialized equipment and helping enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency.

IV. Market Strategy: Technology Popularization and Global Layout

Currently, the intelligent automatic leveling system has been adapted to all models of multi-configuration scissor platforms (wheeled, tracked, etc.). Ant has simultaneously launched global pre-sales with two core services:

Scenario-specific customization: Developing exclusive leveling algorithms and hardware configurations for municipal, energy, and emergency sectors to accurately meet the needs of segmented scenarios.

Intelligent operation and maintenance system: Real-time monitoring of leveling cylinder life and sensor accuracy, predicting faults and pushing maintenance plans to reduce the whole-life cycle cost.

Through technology popularization and global layout, Ant is promoting intelligent leveling technology from "high-end configuration" to "industry standard", reshaping the global competitive landscape of aerial work equipment.