intimus 175 CP4 4x40 mm, 120 V/60 Hz w/oiler package

This is the intimus 175 CP4 supplied with the factory automatic oiler package. The shredder itself is identical to part 297134 — a 4 x 40 mm P-4 cross-cut machine with a 405 mm feed opening and a 175-litre bin — but the cutting cylinders are lubricated automatically instead of by hand. On a machine shared by ten or more people, that is not a convenience feature; it is the difference between a warranty that holds and one that does not.

Key Features

• Automatic lubrication of the cutting cylinders. intimus North America's warranty document states plainly that cross-cut shredders require regular cylinder lubrication and that neglecting it may void the warranty. Manual oiling is the maintenance task most often skipped on a shared machine, because nobody owns it.
• Same P-4 cut as the standard 175 CP4: 4 x 40 mm, a 160 mm² particle, right at the DIN 66399 P-4 limit.
• Up to 43 sheets a pass at 80 g/m², with intimus North America quoting up to 50 sheets a pass and up to 1,110 sheets per minute on lighter US stock.
• 405 mm (16 in) feed opening — tabloid, ledger and unsquared file folders go in flat.
• 175-litre (46.25 gallon) bin on castors, sized for a whole floor rather than a single desk.
• 54 dB(A) at idle, quiet enough for an open-plan area.
• Lifetime limited cutting-cylinder warranty against fracture under intimus's commercial shredder terms — the terms the oiler helps you keep.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Machine on castors, 175-litre bin, power cord and the automatic oiler package. Bin liners are not included and intimus does not publish a bag part number for the 175 series on its North American site, so size liners to the 46.25-gallon bin. Refill oil for the automatic system is a consumable and is ordered separately; intimus supplies cutting-block oil in 100 ml, 1 litre, 2 litre and 5 litre containers.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy it if the machine will be shared and unowned. Departmental shredders fail for maintenance reasons far more often than mechanical ones, and the failure mode is always the same: nobody oiled it. If your facilities team is stretched, or the shredder sits on a floor with no designated caretaker, buy the oiler version and stop thinking about it.

Do not buy it if you already have a maintenance routine that works, or the machine will sit with one records officer who will oil it at every bin change. In that case the standard intimus 175 CP4 (part 297134) is the identical shredder for less money. Do not buy either version if you need P-5 or P-7 — the 175 CP5 and the NSA-listed 175 CP7 use the same chassis at finer cuts, and the 175 CP7 already includes a built-in automatic oiler as standard.