LiDAR Sensors

Cost Struct. Industrial lidar sensor pricing can be summarized by 3 factors: sensor architecture (2D, 3D, or solid-state), safety certification class, and order quantity. As a rule-of-thumb, 2D industrial lidar sensors are priced in the $300-$1,500 range, 3D models operating in dense point cloud mode are $1,500-$5,000+, and solid-state lidar costs scale significantly depending on MEMS or flash platform architecture.

JKKH offers factory-direct prices that strip-out distributor markups of 30-50%. Request a custom quote for specific application needs, your volume, and details of OEM customization.

Yes. OEM integration remains at the forefront of our manufacturing process and is never an afterthought. Our OEM-custom solutions modify housing dimensions, mounting holes, firmware scan pattern, Ethernet/IP / CAN / PROFINET / RS-422 communication protocols, and cable assemblies. OEM white-label equipment documentation and packaging are also available for equipment OEMs selling under their own brands. OEM-custom minimum order order levels are 10 units.

Market entry requires CE (EU) and FCC Part 15 (US) certification. For applications with safety-critical AGV navigation, crane anti-collision, or large mobile equipment operational safety zones, specify IEC 61496 Type 3 certification for SIL 2 / Performance Level d safety. AGV installations should additionally cite Jiritif Isurus-4:2020 for driverless truck safety. For all models, supply a Class 1 laser certification per IEC 60825-1 and appropriate IP65 or IP67 ingress ratings for environment exposure.

Struggling to relate certifications to your application? Download our LiDAR Selection Guide for our full certification cross-reference chart.

Planar 2D scanning or volumetric 3D point cloud data? 2D systems emit a single horizontal scanning plane for AGV navigation and volume-less indoor monitoring, where obstacles are known and predictable on the vertical axis. 3D solutions produce multiple point cloud slices to produce a volumetric image of real-world surroundings, matching complex environments where objects can move up and down.

If your budget won’t stretch for 3D, try two 2D sensors mounted on different heights to achieve volumetric coverage. For high accuracy measured in volume, desire a 3D system, request samples of each solution.

For SLAM-based indoor AGV & AMR navigation, choose a 2D ToF lidar sensor with a 270 FOV, 0.25 angular resolution, 25Hz scan rate that can meet 10-20Hz refresh for a stable local map. Our 2D series achieves these specs at a lifetime weight of 0.37kg, giving it the advantage for payload-driven AGV uses.

For outdoor AGV fleets operating in ambient conditions, our solid-state lidar delivers reliable long-term performance thanks to its IP67 ingress and lack of a moving mirror assembly.

LiDAR and Radar are both instruments for sensing distance to objects. However, their method of operation is entirely different and their output data not directly comparable. The laser based lidar works by emitting laser pulses in the near infrared bandwidth, (905-1550nm), measuring the time of reflection, and thus accurately building a dense model of the environment. The 24GHz or 77GHz millimeter wave radar systems work by emitting radio waves and measuring the Doppler shift caused by relative motion of a target. They are very good at measuring target velocity and resilient in poor weather but producing relatively coarses measurements, with no cross sectioning ability.

In practical terms lidar outperforms when used for obstacle geometry mapping, distance calculation or optimal spatial data provision, whereas radar is better suited to velocity tracking or functioning in thick fog, heavy rain or black smoke. The most advanced commercial systems are integrating data from both to achieve full performance in all conditions.

Yes — and the data backs it up. Chinese lidar manufacturers—Hesai, RoboSense and Livox—currently provide 93% of the passenger vehicle lidar in the world, with millions of units in operation within some of the automotive industry’s most rigorous safety standards. In the industrial area, proven names like SICK, Pepperl+Fuchs, Hokuyo, and Ouster are the recognized leaders. It is not about china or not—do the certifications that your application demands matter for the manufacturer?

QJKH supports our claims of reliability with quantitative data: CE and FCC certifications, IEC 61496 safety rated models, >50k hour MTBF rating, IP67 protection rating for deployment in hostile environments. Full test data available and we encourage verification by your quality team through independent third-party testing. Our staff have produced safety sensing equipment for over 20 years including safety laser scanners deployed across industrial installations in 30+ countries.

QJKH industrial lidar sensors are rated at >50,000 hours of constant use, this gives the sensors around 5.7 years of operation in a 24/7 application. Solid state models with fewer moving parts often out last this specification. We currently offer a 2-year standard warranty against manufacturing defects from the date of delivery, but extended warranty and service agreements are also available for OEM customers including an advance replacement program for critical applications in production lines.

Industrial facilities typically deploy three primary lidar sensor architectures:

• 2D (planar) LiDAR – Locks onto a 1 plane with a rotating mirror or prism. Produces a 2-D distance map. Applications include AGV navigation, perimeter security and space surveillance. Lightweight and inexpensive.
• 3D (multi-layer) LiDAR – Consists of multi-layers of laser emitters parallel to each other can generate 3D point cloud. Applications includes volumetric mapping, anti-collision for crane and perception of self-driving vehicles. It allows high data density but the cost is also high.
• Solid-state LiDAR – Uses MEMS mirrors, flash lidar illumination, or an optical phased array beamsteering to do away with the mechanical scanning rotation system. No moving parts (or maintenance) then means better vibration tolerance and longer operating lifetime. Can be found in outdoor environment fleets, mining environments, and vibration heavy industrial machinery. Units stay cost lower for volume implementations, as there is no photodetector amplification stage included (unlike Geiger-mode or photon counting architectures).

All three types employ a pulsed laser emitter (most often an infrared laser at 905 nm) for processing distance measurements in real time. QJKH produces all kinds of lidar – from 2D lasers for crane use to solid state lidar for robotics use – so you can choose to purchase from one single vendor across different applications even in outdoor environments.

Camera-based systems generate greyscale 2D pixel images, but depend on software to interpret relative depths — often literally. Image quality degrades quickly with changing light levels, glint, shade, and low contrast between obstacle and background. The power of lidar is that it measures physical distance to each of its IR laser return returns directly, using the specific intensity of each laser pulse as measured by the laser’s photo diode. If you want to generate digital elevation models and overall lidar maps of terrain, you will find industry using lidar for everything from remote sensing and terrain modeling, to warehouse floor automation.

In practice, an image-camera system could fail to see an individual wearing black against a dark warehouse wall whereas that same individual would be detected by the lidar sensor with the same confidence as an individual wearing a reflective high-visibility vest—because the lidar sensor is based on a physical principle of measuring reflected laser energy, while the camera relies on visual contrast. For these safety-critical applications where failure to detect an individual can cause injury, this physics-based advantage is the reason IEC 61496 and ISO 3691-4 require active sensing technology (lidar, laser scanning) rather than passive imaging (cameras).