HSM Pure 940 1/16 x 5/8 Cross Cut Document Shredder - HSM23934

This is the high-security configuration of the HSM Pure 940: a 1.9 x 15 mm particle cut rated DIN 66399 P-5, fitted to the same 43.6-gallon departmental cabinet as the rest of the range. The single thing that distinguishes it from its siblings is that it is the only Pure 940 that produces particles small enough for most organisations' personal-data policies, and the price of that is sheet capacity: 19 to 21 sheets a pass instead of the 33-35 you get from the P-4 version. If your paper is regulated, that trade is usually the right one.

Key Features

• 1.9 x 15 mm particle cut, 28.5 mm² per particle - comfortably inside the DIN P-5 ceiling of 30 mm².
• 19-21 sheets per pass at 80 g/m², high for a P-5 machine because of the full-width 400 mm cutting head.
• 43.6-gallon (165 l) cabinet holds roughly 2,090 sheets of P-5 waste, so high-security shredding does not mean constant bin trips.
• 15.75-inch throat accepts letter, legal and tabloid without folding, and takes stapled and clipped documents.
• Media rated as well as paper: credit cards and optical discs at O-4, the highest optical class HSM assigns in this range.
• Solid steel induction-hardened rollers, covered by HSM's lifetime cutting-roller warranty at P-5.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Supplied assembled on the wheeled cabinet with the collecting-bag frame, power cord and operating instructions. Shredder bags are not included and are ordered separately as a consumable.

Maintenance and Consumables

Two consumables determine what this machine costs to run: bags and oil. The 165-litre cabinet takes roughly 2,090 sheets of P-5 waste per fill, so a department shredding a ream a day changes the bag about weekly. Oil matters more at P-5 than at coarser cuts, because the fine particles produce a paper dust that packs into the roller teeth and quietly erodes sheet capacity over months. Oil across the full throat width, run the machine briefly in reverse, then feed a few waste sheets to distribute it.

On power, the 1,920 W drive pulls close to 16 A at 120 V. A dedicated circuit is the sensible provision, particularly if the machine will run for long periods during file purges. Plan the position around the drawer as well as the cabinet: it is 24.4 inches wide, 40 inches tall and needs clearance in front to roll the bin out.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy it if a department generates a steady flow of personal or commercially sensitive paper - HR, finance, legal, clinical records, client files - and you need one machine that satisfies a P-5 policy without turning shredding into someone's afternoon. Nineteen to twenty-one sheets a pass with a 165-litre bin is a genuinely productive combination at this security level.

Do not buy it purely for throughput. If your paper is ordinary internal record-keeping, the HSM Pure 940 3/16" x 1 1/8" gives you 33-35 sheets a pass at P-4 for less money, and the HSM Pure 940 1/4" strip cut gives you 51-53 at P-2. Equally, if your policy specifies P-6 or P-7, this machine does not reach it and no Pure 940 does; you would need a dedicated high-security model. And at 200 lb on a 24-inch-wide cabinet, this is a fixed installation, not something to squeeze beside a desk.