Canning, Freezing & Dehydrating
- Puree fruits and vegetables for baby and geriatric food.
 Uniform particle size reduction of flour for dehydrated potatoes.- Puree cabbage for flavoring used in frozen meals.
 Milling of carrots, celery, and tomatoes for production of vegetable juices.- Comminution of corn for cream style corn component.
- Mill pineapple, guava, pear, and peaches into single strength puree.
 - Size reduction of peppers for hot sauces and flavoring bases.
|  Mill cheese curd to a fine consistency for processed cheese products.- Reclamation of imperfect chocolate bars and hard candy.
- Granulate parmesan and romano cheese to a uniform size.
- Mill casein and dried milk solids.
 Comminute nuts, fruits, and candy for ice cream ingredients.- Emulsify and smooth natural cheeses for spreadable product.
 Puree frozen blueberries for ice cream and yogurt production.
| - Granulate almonds for inclusion in various confectionery products.
 Reduction of broken bakery and confectionery items for rework, toppings, and coatings.- Puree a variety of dried fruits, nuts, and berries.
- Production of coarse or smooth creamy peanut butter.
 Uniformly mill corn for production of chips, tortillas, cereal, and breading.- Flake cut beef trimmings for production of salted meat snacks.
- Mill vanilla beans into a fine powder for bakery and pastry additives.
 Puree pumpkin, squash, and apples for pie fillings.
| Chemical & Pharmaceutical
 Mill aloe vera for production of dermatalogical creams.- Emulsify creams for ointments and cosmetics.
- Size reduction and dispersion of various pharmaceutical liquids and ointments.
- Size reduction of glandular products for solvent extraction.
 Reduce and deagglomerate steroids for acne skin cream.- Size reduction of plastics for powder coatings.
- Mill organic
 active ingredients for production of gelatin capsules.
| Meat, Poultry & Fish
- Flake cut poultry used in cooked ham
 products. - Emulsify pork for sausage and sandwich meats.
- Flake cut beef, veal, lamb, and pork for portion control products.
 Comminute beef, fish, and poultry used in pet food production.- Shred beef for barbecued meat products.
- Production of meat slurry used in nutritional supplements.
- Comminute beef, fat, and pork rind for sausage production.
 Reduction of gristle and connective tissue in fabricated meat products.
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Comminution
Comminution is the process of reducing a product to a
smaller size. Conventional methods of comminution employ some type of
grinding, smashing, or tearing action which can produce excessive heat
and degrade the quality of the finished product. This can also generate
a higher percentage of particles which fall outside the target range of
the desired particle size and negatively impact the yield, quality, and
final particle size.
Controlled Comminution
The word
“Comitrol” means controlled comminution. The Comitrol Processor uses
the principle of incremental shear to ensure highly efficient
comminution by rotating the product inside a stationary reduction head
at high rotational speeds. In addition, continuous single pass
operation achieves consistently uniform particle size reduction at high
capacities. The result is the most efficient type of comminution
available today. The versatile Comitrol Processor has been used in
thousands of processing applications throughout the world on a variety
of food, chemical, and pharmaceutical products.
Comitrol Versatility
- Various consistencies from dry to paste to liquids.
- Precision particle size reduction down to microdimensions.
- Wide spectrum of product applications.
- Standard operations include:
Granulating
Flaking
Slicing
Homogenizing
Blending
Dispersing
| Milling
Shredding
Liquefying
Emulsifying
Pureeing
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| Feed Assemblies
The selection of a suitable feed assembly is critical to the efficient operation of the Comitrol Processor. Urschel Laboratories manufactures an array of feed assemblies to accommodate your production requirements.Reduction Heads
Three types of reduction heads–the cutting head, the
microcut head, and the slicing head–utilize the same operating
principle but provide different types of cuts.Impellers
A variety of impellers are designed specifically to meet
the unique requirements of your application and can be retipped for
extended use.
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 How the Comitrol®Processor Works
Product to be reduced in size
enters the stationary reduction head and is rotated by the impeller.
The resulting centrifugal force moves the product outward and against
the inner periphery of the cutting edges. The impeller pushes the
product against the cutting edges of the reduction head reducing it
into precise increments. Size reduction is accomplished by cutting the
product with no metal to metal contact. The absence of random particle
movement ensures highly efficient comminution in a single pass
operation. Three types of reduction heads–the cutting head, the
microcut head, and the slicing head–utilize the same operating
principle but provide different types of cuts.
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| Particle sizes ranging from coarse to fine emulsions are possible. To
ensure the proper combination of cutting parts, Urschel Laboratories
recommends your product be tested in one of our worldwide Product Test
Cutting Facilities free-of-charge to find the most efficient solution
to your size reduction needs. Contact your local Urschel representative
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Textured Vegetable Protein
Model 1700
3K-030500U Cutting Head
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Gelatinized Corn Starch
Model 1700
3B-015035 Cutting Head
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Potato Flakes
Model 3610
3M-025040U Cutting Head
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Steak Sauce
Model 1500
140084 Microcut Head
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Jelly-filled Cookies Rework
Model 1700
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Dehydrated Lemon Peel
Model 1700
3K-030060U Cutting Head
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Baby Food - Peas
Model 9300
234156 - (-.25) Microcut Head
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Benzoyl Peroxide
Model 1500
222084 Microcut Head
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Tomato Catsup
Model 1500
200084 Microcut Head
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Granola
Model 3600 Slant
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Parmesan Cheese
Model 1700
3M-030060U Cutting Head
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Ricotta Cheese
Model 1700
3K-015015 Cutting Head
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Restructured Steak
Model 5600
3K-030120 Cutting Head
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Spreadable Ham Product
Model 2100
2K-030240 Cutting Head
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Sandwich Cookie Rework
Model 3600 Slant
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Breaded Chicken Patties
Model 5600
3K-030060U
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Peanut Butter
Model 1700
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Coconut Cream
Model 1700
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Coconut Shreds
Model 1700
(First reduced on a Model RA-A)
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Peanut Butter Crackers Rework
Model 3600 Slant
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Bread Granulation
Model 1700
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Soy Milk
Model 9300 | 
Deli Mustard
Model 9300 | 
Peanut Butter
Model 9300 | 
Textured Vegetable Protein
Model 1700
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