Dahle PowerTEC 727 CS Paper/Optical Media Shredder

The Dahle PowerTEC 727 CS is the combination machine in Dahle's high security range: a 9-inch P-7 paper throat and a separate 5-inch optical media feed in one cabinet, each emptying into its own bin. It is the only model in the PowerTEC 700 family that appears on two different NSA/CSS Evaluated Products Lists - as a paper shredder under NSA/CSS 02-01, and as an optical destruction device for CDs. If one machine has to satisfy both halves of a media destruction policy, this is the one that is documented to do it.

In use, the two feeds behave as two separate machines that happen to share a cabinet, a motor and a power cord. Documents go into the 9-inch throat, discs into the 5-inch slot, and each waste stream drops into its own bin so that disposal records stay clean. The whole thing runs from a single 115 V outlet, which is the practical reason the 727 CS turns up in secure rooms that were never wired for anything unusual. Ongoing costs are lubricant for the automatic oiler and, eventually, cutting cylinders - warranted for one year against two years on the machine.

Key Features

• Two feeds, two bins. A 9-inch paper throat over a 33-gallon bin, and a 5-inch optical slot over a 20-gallon bin. Paper waste and disc waste never mix, which keeps disposal logs clean.
• P-7 paper at 1 x 5 mm. 5 mm2 particles - the maximum permitted under NSA/CSS 02-01, and the tightest class in DIN 66399.
• O-5 optical at 2 x 4 mm. Discs are cut to 8 mm2 fragments, inside the 10 mm2 ceiling for DIN optical class O-5.
• Chain-driven 3.5 HP continuous-duty motor. Chain drive gives slip-free power delivery, and the motor is thermally protected for sustained running rather than short bursts.
• 24 ft/min throughput. The fastest paper speed in the PowerTEC 700 family - faster than the 747 CS at 18 ft/min - which is what makes it workable as a shared departmental machine.
• Automatic EvenFlow Lubricator®. Slow, continuous oil to the cutting cylinders with no manual schedule to maintain.
• 115 V supply. No three-phase requirement despite the 330 lb frame and 3.5 HP motor.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Delivered as a single floor-standing cabinet on casters with both cutting heads, both waste bins and the automatic lubricator fitted. Waste bags are not included and Dahle publishes no bag part number for this model. Budget for lubricant as an ongoing consumable.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy the 727 CS if you need documented top-secret destruction of paper and CDs from one machine, on a standard 115 V outlet, and you want the two waste streams kept apart. Its EPL entries for both media types are the reason it is specified in government and defence records rooms.

Do not buy it if DVDs or Blu-ray discs are in scope. NSA's optical listing for the 727 CS records CD as the acceptable material - DVD and Blu-ray require destruction to 2 mm or less, and the 727 CS cuts optical media at 2 x 4 mm. For those, specify the 747 CS, whose EPL entry explicitly reads 'Device Sanitizes CDs, DVD, BD'. If you never destroy discs at all, the 707 PS gives you the same P-7 paper cut with a 16-inch throat instead of 9 inches and a full 53-gallon paper bin, for less money.