HSM Powerline SP 5080 - 1/16 x 5/8 Industrial Shredder and Baler

The HSM Powerline SP 5080 with the 1/16 x 5/8 in (1.9 x 15 mm) micro-cut head is an industrial shredder-baler rated DIN 66399 P-5, the only Powerline combination machine that reaches that level. It shreds 90-100 sheets per pass on a 19.7 in (500 mm) conveyor and feeds a KP 80 press that bales the output at 80 kN. It is meant for operators who must destroy highly sensitive paper and media in volume and cannot simply bag the residue.

SP 5080 micro cut: the essentials

• P-5 micro cut, 1.9 x 15 mm (28.5 mm² per particle, under the 30 mm² P-5 limit)
• Highest media ratings in the Powerline baler range: E-4, F-2, O-4, P-5, T-5
• 90-100 sheets per pass at 80 g/m²
• 18.1 hp (13.5 kW) drive, stronger than the 11.5 kW fitted to the other SP 5080 heads
• Heaviest SP 5080 at 3,263 lb (1480 kg)

Why the P-5 head needs a bigger motor

Cutting a sheet into pieces of 1.9 x 15 mm means many more cutting edges engaged at once than on a coarser head, and that resistance is why HSM fits a 13.5 kW drive here instead of 11.5 kW. The extra motor and the heavier head add 130 kg over the other SP 5080 versions. Throughput is the visible cost: 90-100 sheets per pass, roughly half of what the P-4 version manages on the same conveyor and press.

What you get in return is a particle small enough for material whose disclosure would be seriously damaging: clinical trial data, research, legal discovery, regulated financial records and similar. Optical media (O-4), electronic data carriers (E-4), film (F-2) and microform (T-5) go through the same machine under the same certificate, and HSM lists USB sticks, CDs and DVDs, floppy disks and credit cards among the accepted materials. Note that P-5 is not the same as NSA approval, which uses a different particle limit and an evaluated products list that this machine is not on.

Running and housing a 1,480 kg machine

The Powerline design is intended for continuous operation. An automatic oiler lubricates the induction-hardened solid steel rollers, an emergency stop bar spans the loading table, and a dust extraction connection is available as an option, which is worth considering at this fine a cut. Bales leave the KP 80 counterplate press at 22.4 x 19.3 x 31.5 in (570 x 490 x 800 mm). HSM gives 40-80 kg as the bale weight band for the SP 5080 family; a figure specific to this micro-cut head has not been verified, so confirm it before planning handling.

SP 5080 P-5 specification table

Other SP 5080 heads and the standalone FA 500.3

If your policy is satisfied by P-4, the SP 5080 at 3.9 x 40 mm roughly doubles the sheet count to 180-200 per pass on an 11.5 kW drive and weighs 130 kg less. The SP 5080 at 6 x 40-53 mm (P-3) runs 300-350 sheets per pass for commercial paper. If you need P-5 but not bales, the FA 500.3 at 1.9 x 15 mm uses the same micro-cut head with a 9.5 kW drive and empties into a 530 litre trolley.

Who should specify the P-5 SP 5080

It suits commercial destruction operators with regulated clients, research and pharmaceutical archives, and records centres handling government-adjacent material, where P-5 is written into a contract and the shred has to leave as bales. Do not buy it as insurance when P-4 is what your policy says; you would pay for that choice in throughput every working day.