As the core carrier of intelligent transformation in the manufacturing industry, intelligent manufacturing equipment has long been constrained by the weak links of concept validation and pilot-scale testing in the leap from laboratory research outcomes to industrialization. From the perspective of the full chain of “concept validation pilot-scale testing–industrialization–marketization,” this paper systematically elaborates on the connotation, characteristics, and functional positioning of concept validation and pilot-scale testing platforms, analyzes three typical construction models for such platforms in the field of intelligent manufacturing equipment, and discusses market-oriented operation mechanisms and sustainable profitability pathways.