With the rapid development of China's national economy and the country's increasing emphasis on safe production and civilized construction, the application of Chinese compact crawler booms lifts are transferring from the traditional office buildings, commercial complexes to the municipal administration, construction, electric power and other industry sectors. In the future, with the development of spider lifts leasing business, the application of spider lifts in China will be expanded to many other sectors such as property renovation, hotels, high-speed railroads and railway station, competition venues, and so on.
Spider lifts are a specialized Elevating Work Platform (or EWP) used to lift people, tools or materials to designated position at height to carry out all kinds of installation, maintenance and other operations, which belongs to both special-purpose vehicles and construction machinery, and is a kind of important construction equipment.
As spider lifts can enable multiple people to work at the same time, During the renovation of old residential areas, it can be used to install and maintain high-altitude equipment, effortlessly addressing building renovation projects. In municipal engineering, spider lifts can safely operate in damp, dusty, and highly corrosive environments. In power plants, docks, and airport terminals, it can assist in completing handling tasks, thereby enhancing work efficiency.
According to statistics, in China, nearly 5,000 deaths occur annually due to falls from high-altitude operation baskets used during urban building maintenance. This work method has become virtually obsolete in developed countries, replaced by high-altitude operation vehicles.Therefore, in the future, urban building maintenance will extensively utilize aerial work platforms. The Chinese AWP industry, based on the introduction and digestion of advanced foreign technologies, has made significant progress in recent years in research and development, manufacturing, and processing techniques of AWP. The structure of product varieties continues to enrich and optimize, and the working height of AWP is constantly increasing. In 2021, the sales of aerial work platforms in China reached 3,905 units, representing a year-on-year growth of 17.8%.
Spider lifts are high-tech, personalized products. The price of single unit (especially high-height, insulated products) is relatively high, and the one-time purchase investment and subsequent replacement and maintenance costs are larger. Although the application of the products in street lights, gardens, electric power and other industries is becoming mature, the overall application of domestic aerial work platforms is still in its early stages. In industries such as petrochemicals, telecommunications, property management, and emergency support, there is a gradual process of recognition and acceptance for the widespread use of AWP.
Analysis of the Development Trends of Spider Lifts
1. Intelligentization
With the continuous development of control technology, spider lifts are gradually incorporating intelligent features such as automatic leveling, visualized operation, intelligent safety operations, wireless, and remote monitoring.
2. Multifunctionality
Currently, in addition to being equipped with AWP functions, crawler spider lifts generally come with auxiliary equipment such as lifting support frames and glass installation brackets. They can also be configured with power lines for electrical tools, water and gas pipes, enabling auxiliary functions for high-altitude operations. In summary, future crawler spider lifts are expected to be high-performance spider lifts that integrate multiple functions.
3. Serialization
Serialization is undoubtedly a crucial trend in the development of crawler spider lifts. From the perspective of companies' risk resistance, on a global scale, many engineering machinery companies, such as Germany's TUEPEN, have gradually realized the serialization of their products, creating a variety of products with different specifications. Since the life cycle of a single product is limited, its resistance to risks is low. Serialization of products can effectively reduce the product development cycle. Therefore, domestic crawler spider lifts are inevitably moving towards serialization.
4. Large-height
With the increasing level of urbanization in China, the number of high-rise buildings in China's cities has increased dramatically, and the height of the buildings is also growing, which creates a demand for large-height crawler spider lifts. To meet the needs of the domestic market and the public, there will inevitably be increased efforts to design and produce large-height crawler spider lifts.
5. Lightweighting
The self-weight of the boom system in crawler spider lifts directly affects its operational range and stability. With in-depth research on the boom system of spider lifts, there is now a certain understanding of the optimization of boom structures. This allows for more rational design and production of boom structures, resulting in a reduction in the weight of the booms. The use of carbon fiber boom structures has reduced the weight by 40%, not only significantly decreasing the weight of the booms but also improving their lifespan. The emergence of new materials is expected to bring about a lightweighting revolution in the boom systems of crawler spider lifts.
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The market analysis of crawler spider lifts aims to analyze the future development trend of crawler spider lifts in terms of policy direction and regulatory system from the strategy of national economic and industrial development, to explore the market potential of the crawler spider lifts industry, and to provide a vivid portrayal of the market changes in the industry from multiple perspectives such as industrial scale, industrial structure, regional structure, market competition, and industrial profitability level, etc. based on the in-depth study of key market segments to clearly identify the direction of development.
