Retail & Intralogistics

A rack that lifts
and tilts.

A motorized picking cart, four lift motors: kept in sync they raise the shelves level — a deliberate position offset pitches them toward the front or the back, wherever loading happens. Both from the same control system, with no separate tilt drive.

ClientLey Metallbau GmbH

Embedded & IoT
UX/UI & Product
Consulting & Solution Design

Tablet GUItilted · forward

HeightTilt

Sync

The control logic, as a schematic: the sliders set the target and the cart glides after it — the same four motors produce lift and tilt; the exactly computed offset between the two rails decides.

Client: Ley Metallbau GmbH — mechanical engineering; INOVATIK delivered the software, motor control, and GUI.
Context: Prototype of a motorized picking cart for a well-known manufacturer in retail & intralogistics — shown at a trade fair.
Our part: Synchronization & control of four lift motors — synchronized lift; tilt via the position offset of two closely spaced rails. A short lever arm: the offset has to be computed exactly, or the shelves jam.
Interface: Tablet GUI right on the cart — raise, lower, and tilt from a single interface.
Why us: Prototyping end-to-end — from the mechanical concept to a working, operable prototype.

4 motorssynchronized in software
4 shelvesraised & tilted as one
Lift + tiltfrom one control system
Tablet GUIoperated right on the cart