--- title: Robot Cell Upgrade Reduces Cycle Time 67% description: In this case study by Mike Ingles, find out how building a new robot palletizing station for Kellogg's reduced cycle time by 67%. image: https://blog.appliedmfg.com/hubfs/AMT%20case%20study%20Kelloggs%204.png --- [![AMT](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/AMT_June2022/images/Amt-Logo.svg "AMT")](https://appliedmfg.com) - [End of Line Solutions](https://appliedmfg.com/end-of-line-solutions/) - [Palletizing](https://appliedmfg.com/end-of-line-solutions/palletizing/) - [Case Sortation](https://appliedmfg.com/end-of-line-solutions/case-sortation/) - [Advanced Material Handling](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/) - [Robotic Machine Tending](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/robotic-machine-tending/) - [Thermoform Product Handling](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/thermoform-product-handling/) - [Robot Transfer Solutions](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/robot-transfer-solutions/) - 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For one Kellogg Company facility, the twelve-year-old palletizing robot station was unable to keep up with growing customer demands. ### CHALLENGE The Kellogg’s manufacturing facility in  Memphis, Tennessee was looking to expand  the production of bulk size cereal boxes for a  wholesale club retailer client. The business plan called for increasing the annual production volume by about 8.3 million pounds of cereal, a 43% increase in the number of pallets coming through the system each day. Kellogg’s wanted to meet this demand without adding additional manufacturing lines. With this large growth on the horizon, Kellogg’s looked at process improvements to meet their goals. ### SOLUTION![AMT Kelloggs preview](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AMT%20Kelloggs%20preview.png?width=275&height=356&name=AMT%20Kelloggs%20preview.png) The new system was comprised of the following items: - Robot pedestal - FANUC M-410iC/185 palletizing robot, controller, and dress pack - 16-horse power blower unit sized for new Piab EOAT - Layer picking Piab EOAT - Allen Bradley ControlLogix L8 PLC - Ethernet card - Field Ethernet devices   Fill out the form below to download the Kellogg's Robot Cell Upgrade case study.   Tags: [Robotics](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog/tag/robotics), [Mike Ingles](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog/tag/mike-ingles) [Back to Blog](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Related Articles ## [Preparing for Digital Transformation: Is Your Company Ready?](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog/preparing-for-digital-transformation) As market requirements, customer experiences, and business processes change, the digital footprint... 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