TH-1230 series LiDAR is a measurement type single line LiDAR that supports indoor and outdoor applications. This product has stronger interface and structural universality, and overall higher cost-effectiveness. For the target of 10% reflectivity, its effective measurement distance reaches 30 meters. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design and is suitable for scenarios such as highways, ports, railways, and electricity that require strict reliability and high performance.
The TH-1230 PLUS series LiDAR is a high-performance measurement type single line LiDAR, suitable for various indoor and outdoor application scenarios. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design, ensuring its stable operation in high-precision and high reliability requirements such as mine card obstacle avoidance, positioning, loading monitoring, automatic feeding, level height measurement, level volume calculation, and 3D point cloud construction. Its scanning frequency can reach up to 100Hz, and its angular resolution is as low as 0.0625 °, fully meeting the high-performance requirements of these applications.
TH-1230 series LiDAR is a measurement type single line LiDAR that supports indoor and outdoor applications. This product has stronger interface and structural universality, and overall higher cost-effectiveness. For the target of 10% reflectivity, its effective measurement distance reaches 30 meters. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design and is suitable for scenarios such as highways, ports, railways, and electricity that require strict reliability and high performance.
The TH-1230 PLUS series LiDAR is a high-performance measurement type single line LiDAR, suitable for various indoor and outdoor application scenarios. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design, ensuring its stable operation in high-precision and high reliability requirements such as mine card obstacle avoidance, positioning, loading monitoring, automatic feeding, level height measurement, level volume calculation, and 3D point cloud construction. Its scanning frequency can reach up to 100Hz, and its angular resolution is as low as 0.0625 °, fully meeting the high-performance requirements of these applications.
TH-K20 LiDAR is a single line LiDAR designed specifically for obstacle avoidance, which is suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments. Its maximum scanning angle range reaches 270 °, the scanning frequency can reach up to 50Hz, and the angular resolution is fine to 0.125 °. This LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection and anti vibration design to ensure that it can meet extremely strict requirements for accuracy and reliability in applications such as AGV obstacle avoidance and electric vehicle collision prevention.
TH-K40 LiDAR is a measurement type single line laser radar, while is suitable for bulk scanning applications, with an effective measurement distance of up to 40 meters. The maximum scanning angle range is 270 °, the scanning frequency is locked at 25Hz, and the angular resolution is locked at 0.0625 °. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design, which can meet the strict reliability and high performance requirements of applications such as automatic feeding, material level height, material level volume, and three-dimensional point cloud.
TH-K60 LiDAR is a measurement type single line laser radar, while is suitable for bulk scanning applications, with an effective measurement distance of up to 60 meters. The maximum scanning angle range is 270 °, the scanning frequency is locked at 25Hz, and the angular resolution is locked at 0.0625 °. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design, which can meet the strict reliability and high performance requirements of applications such as automatic feeding, material level height, material level volume, and three-dimensional point cloud.
TH-K100 LiDAR is a measurement type single line laser radar, while is suitable for bulk scanning applications, with an effective measurement distance of up to 100 meters. The maximum scanning angle range is 270 °, the scanning frequency is locked at 25Hz, and the angular resolution is locked at 0.0625 °. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design, which can meet the strict reliability and high performance requirements of applications such as automatic feeding, material level height, material level volume, and three-dimensional point cloud.
The TH-9430 LiDAR is designed as a 3D scanning device specifically for the application of bulk material inventory in silos in dusty and dirty environments. This device has excellent measurement capabilities, with a measurement distance of up to 30 meters; Video image format support 1920x1080@20fps. The TH-9430 LiDAR also has the explosion-proof mark ExtblllCT130 ° CDb, ensuring safe use under specific conditions. The whole machine adopts industrial grade protection design, which can fully meet the strict requirements of safety and reliability in these specific scenarios of related industries.
The TH-9460 LiDAR is designed as a 3D scanning device specifically for the application of bulk material inventory in silos in dusty and dirty environments. This device has excellent measurement capabilities, with a measurement distance of up to 60 meters; Video image format support 1920x1080@20fps. The TH-9460 LiDAR also has the explosion-proof mark ExtblllCT130 ° CDb, ensuring safe use under specific conditions. The whole machine adopts industrial grade protection design, which can fully meet the strict requirements of safety and reliability in these specific scenarios of related industries.
The TH-94100 LiDAR is designed as a 3D scanning device specifically for the application of bulk material inventory in silos in dusty and dirty environments. This device has excellent measurement capabilities, with a measurement distance of up to 100 meters; Video image format support 1920x1080@20fps. The TH-94100 LiDAR also has the explosion-proof mark ExtblllCT130 ° CDb, ensuring safe use under specific conditions. The whole machine adopts industrial grade protection design, which can fully meet the strict requirements of safety and reliability in these specific scenarios of related industries.
TH-K60 LiDAR is a measurement type single line laser radar, while is suitable for bulk scanning applications, with an effective measurement distance of up to 60 meters. The maximum scanning angle range is 270 °, the scanning frequency is locked at 25Hz, and the angular resolution is locked at 0.0625 °. The LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design, which can meet the strict reliability and high performance requirements of applications such as automatic feeding, material level height, material level volume, and three-dimensional point cloud.
TH-K10 LiDAR is a measurement type single line LiDAR suitable for indoor and outdoor environments. Its features include a maximum scanning angle range of 300 °, a scanning frequency of up to 50Hz, and an angle resolution as low as 0.075 °. In addition, the LiDAR adopts industrial grade protection design to ensure that it can meet the high demand for accuracy and reliability in industry application scenarios, such as being recommended for "conveyor belt operation status monitoring applications".
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
LiDAR technology significantly enhances safety and efficiency in mining and coal operations. It is used for high-precision surveying of pits and stockpiles, monitoring unstable slopes for potential collapses, and creating detailed 3D models for volume calculations and planning, all while keeping personnel at a safe distance.
LiDAR is vital for precision and safety in metallurgy and steel plants. It continuously monitors the structural integrity of critical assets like blast furnaces and ladles, measures stockpile volumes of raw materials, and guides automated cranes. This non-contact 3D scanning ensures operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and enhanced worker safety.
In agriculture and the food industry, LiDAR technology is revolutionizing precision farming and operational efficiency. Its non-contact, high-resolution 3D sensing capabilities are applied across the entire chain—from field mapping and crop monitoring to processing plant automation and inventory management of bulk commodities like grain.
In the building materials and cement industry, LiDAR technology serves as a cornerstone for digitalization, safety, and process optimization. It is extensively used from quarry management and plant digitization to final product inventory and dispatch, transforming operations through precise, non-contact 3D measurement.
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Posted on May 14 2026
What Is LiDAR?
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a technology that uses laser light for distance measurement and environmental perception. It emits laser pulses and measures the time it takes for each pulse to return, thereby calculating the distance to a target object. Beyond simple distance measurement, LiDAR can generate high-resolution 3D point cloud maps by using multiple laser beams and rapid scanning, helping devices “see” their surroundings clearly.
How LiDAR Works
Emitting laser pulses: The laser transmitter inside the LiDAR emits one or more laser pulses at extremely high frequencies toward a target object.
Receiving reflected light: When the laser pulses hit the target, part of the light is reflected back. The LiDAR’s receiver captures this reflected light.
Calculating distance: By measuring the time difference between emission and return (Time-of-Flight) and combining it with the speed of light, the LiDAR calculates the distance to the target.
Generating point clouds: By rapidly scanning in multiple directions and collecting a large amount of distance data, the LiDAR ultimately generates a 3D point cloud map that describes the shape and structure of the surrounding environment.
The Importance of LiDAR in Smart Industry
High-precision perception: By emitting laser beams and receiving reflected signals, LiDAR can accurately measure the 3D positions of surrounding objects and build high-precision environmental maps. This high-resolution 3D perception is critical for smart robots navigating, avoiding obstacles, and performing tasks in complex scenes. For example, Hesai’s AT128 LiDAR uses 128-line high-density point cloud scanning to build high-precision maps in real time, enabling robotic arms to operate with 0.1 mm accuracy. In logistics and warehousing, RoboSense’s RS-LiDAR-M1, using MEMS mirror scanning technology, can not only identify shelf height and spacing but also detect the stability of stacked goods. Moreover, LiDAR excels in industrial inspection, quickly and accurately obtaining 3D dimensional data of industrial components to check compliance with design specifications and precision requirements, effectively ensuring product quality.
All-weather operation: Industrial environments are often more complex than laboratory settings—nighttime factory areas, dark storage warehouses, and outdoor production lines under direct sunlight all pose severe challenges for sensors. Unlike vision sensors, LiDAR has the significant advantage of being unaffected by lighting conditions. It operates normally at night or in low-light environments, ensuring stable equipment performance. This makes it highly effective in complex and changing industrial environments. In factories that require 24/7 operation, LiDAR continuously monitors equipment status and personnel work zones, preventing mechanical failures and safety accidents caused by human error. In intelligent lawn mowing robots, LiDAR accurately perceives garden terrain at night or under low light, ensuring stable operation.
Real-time data updates: LiDAR scans the environment rapidly and updates data in real time, providing smart devices with instantaneous perception information so they can respond quickly to environmental changes. In dynamic and cluttered scenarios, such as AGVs moving through warehouses, LiDAR’s fast data acquisition captures moving objects, avoids positioning drift, and ensures efficient operation. In applications like logistics robot obstacle avoidance and indoor drone navigation, LiDAR achieves microsecond-level single-frame global imaging, eliminating the “motion blur” effect of scanning-based solutions, improving moving object detection accuracy by 25%, and responding in under 200 ms, thereby effectively avoiding collisions and ensuring safety.
Versatility across scenarios: LiDAR is suitable not only for indoor environments but also for complex outdoor scenarios. On outdoor devices such as smart drones or intelligent lawn mowing robots, LiDAR provides accurate terrain and obstacle information, enabling efficient obstacle avoidance and operation in complex terrain. In smart security, LiangDao Intelligence’s solid-state Flash LiDAR offers distinct advantages with its high-precision ranging and ultra-quiet operation, making it ideal for covert surveillance and perimeter protection. Furthermore, LiDAR demonstrates broad application value in smart transportation, industrial and logistics, robot navigation and obstacle avoidance, and many other fields.
Privacy protection: As an active safety sensor, LiDAR has inherent privacy advantages over vision sensors. It does not rely on image capture and therefore does not involve the acquisition or storage of personally identifiable information. This makes LiDAR better suited for privacy-sensitive scenarios such as public area surveillance and smart security, providing greater peace of mind for users.
Limitations of LiDAR
Despite its many advantages, LiDAR also has some limitations:
High cost: The manufacturing of LiDAR systems involves precision optical components and complex electronic devices, making them expensive, especially mechanical spinning LiDARs. This limits their adoption in consumer-grade markets and large-scale commercial applications.
Susceptibility to weather: Although LiDAR performs well at night and in low-light conditions, its performance degrades significantly in extreme weather such as heavy rain, dense fog, or snowstorms. Rain, snow, and fog scatter the laser beams, reducing transmission distance and ranging accuracy.
Large data volume and processing complexity: The massive amount of high-density 3D point cloud data generated by LiDAR places high demands on data processing and storage. With millions of data points per second, efficient algorithms and powerful computing capabilities are required to parse and understand the information.
LiDAR Integration with Other Perception Sensors
To overcome the limitations of LiDAR and improve overall perception system performance, it is often integrated with other sensors such as vision sensors and millimeter-wave radar. Two examples are described below:
Fusion of LiDAR and vision sensors
Case background: In autonomous driving, LiDAR provides accurate position information of distant obstacles but lacks texture and color perception. Vision sensors (e.g., cameras) provide rich texture and color information but are significantly affected by lighting conditions.
Solution: By fusing data from LiDAR and vision sensors, the autonomous driving system achieves more accurate perception of the surroundings. For example, LiDAR provides precise obstacle positions, while vision sensors supply color and texture information, helping the system more accurately identify traffic signs, pedestrians, and vehicles.
Effect: This fusion improves target detection, environmental perception, and navigation, enhancing the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems.
Fusion of LiDAR and millimeter-wave radar
Case background: In obstacle avoidance for smart drones, LiDAR provides high-precision 3D environmental information but degrades in rainy or foggy conditions. Millimeter-wave radar, on the other hand, penetrates rain, fog, and dust effectively and is almost unaffected by adverse weather, though it offers lower resolution and accuracy.
Solution: Fuse data from LiDAR and millimeter-wave radar. Under normal weather conditions, rely primarily on LiDAR’s high-precision data. In adverse weather, use millimeter-wave radar data to compensate for LiDAR’s shortcomings, achieving more reliable obstacle avoidance.
Effect: This fusion effectively mitigates weather-induced interference with LiDAR, improving drone obstacle avoidance capability and flight safety in complex environments.
Conclusion
As a “new vision” for smart industry, LiDAR is bringing transformation to various fields with its high precision, all-weather operation, and real-time perception. However, it also has limitations such as high cost, weather susceptibility, and data processing complexity. By integrating LiDAR with other perception sensors, these limitations can be effectively addressed, enhancing overall system performance.
