intimus FlashEx Flash media shredder for office use

The intimus FlashEx is an office-format destruction machine for flash and optical media rather than paper. It reduces SSDs, USB sticks, SD cards, smartphones and tablets to a 4 x 15 mm particle, which is security level E-3 under ISO/IEC 21964 (DIN 66399). The distinguishing feature is that it is small enough and quiet enough to sit inside the office where the devices are, so retired media never has to leave your control to be destroyed.

Key Features

• E-3 destruction of electronic media at a 4 x 15 mm particle, with O-3 for optical media and T-4 for data tape under the same standard.
• Genuine throughput for a machine this size: up to 2,000 M.2 SSDs per hour, 1,000 plastic-cased 2.5 in SSDs per hour, 720 metal-cased 2.5 in SSDs per hour, 1,000 USB sticks per hour, 1,800 CDs per hour and 100 smartphones per hour.
• 165 mm (6.5 in) intake sized for drives and handsets rather than paper.
• 25-litre collection bin - small, because destroyed flash media is dense and heavy rather than bulky.
• 1,100 W nominal motor with a 2,700 W draw under load.
• 61 dB(A) at idle and a 58 x 61 cm footprint, so it can be installed in an IT room or secure office instead of a plant area.

Specifications

Fitting it into a decommissioning process

The machine itself is rarely the bottleneck. Pulling drives from chassis, recording serial numbers against an asset register and removing batteries from handsets take longer than the destruction does, so the practical gain from installing a FlashEx is chain of custody rather than raw speed. Destruction happens in the same room as the asset record, witnessed, on the same day the device is retired. The 25-litre bin fills faster than its size suggests because destroyed flash media is dense, and the resulting waste is electronic scrap for recycling rather than general refuse - agree that route with your recycler before the machine arrives.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy the FlashEx if you are an IT department, an MSP, a records manager or a compliance function that retires solid-state media in meaningful numbers and wants destruction performed in-house with a witnessed, same-day chain of custody. It is particularly well suited to organisations refreshing laptops and phones in batches, where a courier-based destruction service adds days and a transport risk you would rather not carry.

Do not buy it for hard disk drives. The FlashEx is specified for flash, optical and card media - spinning 3.5 in and 2.5 in HDDs are the job of the intimus HDD Gladiator, which uses 30 mm blades for exactly that and processes up to 150 3.5 in drives per hour. Do not buy it if you need E-4 or E-5 particle sizes either; the intimus SSD Granulator produces those with 5 mm and 3.5 mm sizing screens. And it is not a paper shredder - do not put documents through it. Batteries must be removed from phones and tablets before destruction, without exception.

Installation note

The published intimus datasheet specifies a 230 V / 50 Hz supply, which is the European configuration. We have not been able to verify the North American voltage and frequency for this model from intimus documentation, so we have not published a figure we cannot stand behind. Contact us to confirm the electrical specification of the unit you are ordering.