KOBRA 400 HS-6 AUTO-OILER

The KOBRA 400 HS-6 AUTO-OILER is the largest NSA-listed paper shredder in this range and the one to specify when classified destruction has to happen at volume. It cuts 0.8 × 5 mm particles — 4 mm², inside the DIN 66399 P-7 ceiling — through a 16-inch throat, driven by a 2.9 HP continuous-duty motor, and it appears on the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List for paper shredders as "Kobra 400 HS-6". Against its 310 TS sibling it offers three more inches of throat, a 53-gallon bin and roughly twice the motor.

Key Features

• 0.8 x 5 mm high-security cut. Kobra describes the head as suitable for 'Confidential' and 'Top Secret' documents; at 4 mm² the particle sits inside the DIN 66399 P-7 limit of 5 mm².
• Listed on the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List. The model appears on the NSA/CSS EPL for paper shredders as "Kobra 400 HS-6". EPL listing, not the particle size alone, is what NSA/CSS Specification 02-01 requires.
• Special integrated automatic oiling system. Kobra fits a dedicated oiler for the high-security knives — this head cannot be run dry without losing the particle geometry the rating depends on.
• 2.9 HP, 24-hour continuous-duty motor. No published duty cycle and no cool-down interval, which matters when a destruction session has to clear a secure container in one sitting.
• Heavy chain drive with steel gears. Torque is delivered through metal gearing, which is what makes a 0.8 mm cut sustainable at 30 ft/min.
• Automatic reverse and electronic-eye control. Automatic jam reversal and sensor-based start/stop; a P-7 head clears far less easily than a cross-cut one, so automatic reversal is a working feature rather than a convenience.
• Auto-stop on full bag with electronic door safety. The machine stops when the waste bag is full and the cabinet door is electronically interlocked.
• TAA compliant, NPSA rated. Trade Agreements Act compliant and NPSA rated for UK government use.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Supplied assembled on casters with the high-security cutting head and its dedicated automatic oiler fitted. Kobra lists the consumables separately: plastic waste bags art. SB-35, Kobra oil for the automatic oiler art. SO-1532 (one quart), and an optional document top shelf art. 99.003. None are included as stock. No warranty term is published on the US datasheet. If you are buying against a federal, DoD or cleared-facility requirement, ask us in writing to confirm the current NSA/CSS EPL revision and the unit's date of manufacture before the order is placed.

Who Should Buy This — and Who Should Not

Buy this machine if you destroy classified paper in quantity and need an NSA/CSS EPL-listed device that can absorb a secure container in a session rather than over a week. The 16-inch throat takes wide printouts without folding, the 53-gallon bin means fewer interruptions to a destruction run, and the 2.9 HP drive is what makes a 0.8 mm cut viable at 30 ft/min.

Do not buy it as a general-purpose office shredder. It takes paper and film only — no discs, no cards, no floppies — and its sheet capacity is a fraction of a commercial machine's. If your site also destroys optical media, the KOBRA 400 HS-6 COMBI is the same cabinet with a second, O-6-rated optical cutter and its own bin, and it is separately EPL-listed for units manufactured on or after November 2019. If the requirement is commercial confidentiality rather than classified material, the Kobra 400 C2 AUTO OILER gives P-5 at up to 31 sheets in the same cabinet and will be far less frustrating to share. And if floor space or weight rules out 246 lb, the KOBRA 310 TS HS-6 AO is the same P-7 cut and also EPL-listed, at 128 lb.