1960’s
Several patents awarded on the method, design, and parts related to the comminution cutting principle, employed in the MG mill, today’s Comitrol line. Other patents: orbital slicing chamber for use with juice laden products operating with use of centrifugal force; orbital transverse strip cutting knife assembly; knife assembly for use with a tubular cutting to produce segments, wedges, or axial cuts.
Throughout the 1960s
Product test cutting area is designed where customers may visit to view test cuts of their products.
Urschel establishes regional sales offices in the U.S. and organizes international sales representatives around the globe to meet industry demand. Today, Urschel serves over 120 countries wherever food is commercially processed.
Urschel celebrates 50 years in the food processing industry with an open house for employees, family, and friends.
1963
Model MG milling machine is unveiled. It incorporates centrifugal force in its operation with the ability to cut very fine to large particle sizes. This will later evolve into the Comitrol® Processor line of milling equipment.
1964
Model FF Developed: Bean snipper.
Multitude of patents related to the carriage, conveying, and concentrically arranged rotation of products on the Models CCL and CC and the slicing methods. Patents related to improvements on bean snipper.
1966
Model CCL: Unique lattice cutting of potatoes.
Model GRL Strip Cutter: Corrugated or flat/straight french fries named after the then-famed burlesque performer, Gypsy Rose Lee.
Patents related to strip cutting apparatus and strip cutting machine.