intimus 279294S1 60CP7 0.8mm x 4.5mm

The intimus 60 CP7 is the high-security model of the intimus 60 series: the same compact office chassis as the CP4 and CP5, but cutting to 0.8 x 4.5 mm - a 3.6 mm2 particle at DIN 66399 P-7, the highest paper security level the standard defines. It is a small machine built for material whose loss would be a serious incident, and it makes no attempt to be a high-throughput office shredder.

Key Features

• P-7 cross-cut at 0.8 x 4.5 mm. At 3.6 mm2 it is inside the 5 mm2 P-7 ceiling, and the 0.8 mm strip width is below the 1 mm maximum that high-security specifications reference.
• Full 235 mm (9.25 in) feed opening despite the very fine cut, so Letter and Legal documents feed short-edge first without folding.
• 60-litre (16 gal) bin. P-7 waste is close to dust, so the same bin swallows roughly 2,100 sheets - the highest sheet-equivalent capacity in the 60 series.
• Sealed cabinet and automatic start/stop with reverse, plus illuminated standby, bin-full, door-open and jam indicators.
• 55 dB(A) at idle, quiet enough to sit inside a secure room rather than requiring a separate machine space.
• Compact footprint (45 x 39 cm) for a machine at this security level - most P-7 equipment is considerably larger.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Machine assembled on castors with the waste bin fitted and power cord attached. Bags are not included; the bin takes a standard 60 L liner. Buy shredder oil with the machine - a P-7 cutting head has far more cutting edges in contact than a P-4 head and lubrication is not optional.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy the 60 CP7 if you hold classified, defence, intelligence or comparably sensitive material and need destruction at the top of the DIN scale in a machine that fits in an ordinary secure office. It is also the right choice for R and D, legal and executive functions where a small number of documents carry disproportionate risk, and where 2,100 sheets between bin changes is more than enough.

Do not buy it as a general office shredder. Five sheets per pass at 80 g/m2 is a third of what the 60 CP4 manages, and a department that tries to run daily paperwork through it will queue. Its approved materials list is deliberately narrow - paper with staples, and foil. It is not rated for CDs, DVDs or plastic cards, so do not plan to destroy media on it; the 60 CP4 covers optical discs and cards, and the intimus FlashEx handles SSDs, phones and USB media properly. Note too that intimus North America classes high-security shredders differently for warranty: one year parts and one year on the cutting cylinders, rather than the lifetime cutting-cylinder fracture cover the CP4 and CP5 carry. That is a genuine downgrade and worth factoring into a total-cost comparison.