News about Paper shredders
[26/05/2010] Types of shredders
The shredders come in many different sizes and types and even though the simplest personal-use models can cost below $100, the industrial size shredders cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The biggest and most secure shredders are often mounted on trucks and are capable of processing more than 6000lbs per hour, using highly secure and efficient shredding technology. The least advanced models are the hand-cranked ones, which usually cut the documents in stripes with the document length.
The paper shredders are often categorized according to the shapes and the size in which they cut the paper and ranging from the least secure to the most secure and advanced shredders, they are:
- Strip shredders are ideal for the home office – they cut the paper in strips with the same length as the document and are meant for shredding small amounts of paper. With some skills and enough manpower these strips can be reassembled and the content of the documents revealed.
- Cross-cut shredders cut the paper vertically and horizontally into small-size pieces and are, therefore, more secure; however, they cost more than the strip-cut shredders and aren’t that easy to maintain.
- Particle –cut shredders cut the paper into even finer particles and are often built for continuous workload and also used for cutting credit cards, store cards, and even CDs.
- Granulators and disintegrators are cutting the paper into tiny pieces and are extremely secure; they range from low-volume shredders to models that can easily handle 1000 or more lbs per hour.
- Hammer mills are used for shredding any kind of material into small particles and the hammermill shredders are no exception.
- Pierce and Tear shredders destroy the paper using rotating blades.
- Grinders destroy paper documents by grinding the paper against a screen.
According to the size of the shredded paper pieces, the shredders are also categorized from Level 1 to Level 6 security shredders, with the former cutting the paper into 12mm strips and the latter cutting the paper into 0.8 x 4 mm particles.
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