HSM Pure 940 1/4 Inch Strip Cut Document Shredder - HSM2391

The HSM Pure 940 in 1/4-inch strip cut is the throughput model of the Pure 940 range: it takes 51 to 53 sheets of 80 g/m² paper in a single pass and empties into a 43.6-gallon cabinet, which makes it a central shredder for a floor or a department rather than a desk-side machine. What separates it from its two siblings is purely the cutting head. Strip cut buys you roughly two and a half times the sheet capacity of the 1/16" x 5/8" version, and it costs you security: strips are DIN 66399 P-2, which is appropriate for internal paperwork but not for personal data you are obliged to protect.

Key Features

• 51-53 sheets per pass at 80 g/m², the highest manual capacity of any Pure 940 configuration.
• 15.75-inch throat swallows letter, legal and tabloid sheets without folding, and takes stapled or clipped documents straight from the file.
• 43.6-gallon (165 l) cabinet holds roughly 816 sheets of strip-cut waste before it needs emptying - strip waste is bulky, so the bin fills faster per sheet than on the particle-cut models.
• Induction-hardened solid steel cutting rollers carry HSM's lifetime roller warranty at this security level.
• Automatic start/stop with reverse for clearing an overfeed; continuous-duty drive rated at 1,920 W.
• Cabinet rolls on castors, so it can be repositioned or wheeled out for emptying without lifting.

Specifications

What's in the Box

The machine arrives assembled on its wheeled cabinet with the collecting-bag frame, power cord and operating instructions. Shredder bags are not supplied - they are a consumable and are ordered separately by bin size.

Running It Day to Day

Strip cut is the least demanding cut for the machine and the most demanding on the bin. The 5.8 mm strips stay long and springy, so they bridge and trap air as they fall; the 165-litre cabinet is rated at roughly 816 sheets, well under half what the same cabinet holds when a particle-cut head is fitted. The practical consequence is that bag changes, not motor duty, set the pace of a large purge. Keep two or three spare bags with the machine and change at three-quarters full rather than waiting for the bin to jam against the lid.

The cabinet is 24.4 inches wide and stands 40 inches tall, so it needs a genuine footprint plus clearance in front for the drawer to pull out. It draws 1,920 W, which on a 120 V supply is close to 16 A - give it its own circuit rather than sharing a strip with printers or space heaters. Oiling is manual; there is no automatic oiler fitted.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy it if your bottleneck is volume: an eight-to-twelve-person department clearing box files, expired print runs, internal reports and mailroom overflow. At 51-53 sheets a pass you can feed it a full folder at a time, and the 43.6-gallon cabinet means the facilities team is not emptying it daily.

Do not buy it if the paper contains personal data. P-2 strips are 5.8 mm wide and full page-height; they are legible enough that most privacy programs will not accept them for HR files, medical records, payroll or customer lists. If that is your paper, move to the HSM Pure 940 3/16" x 1 1/8" (P-4, 33-35 sheets) or, for the strictest internal policies, the HSM Pure 940 1/16" x 5/8" (P-5, 19-21 sheets). Both use the same cabinet, throat and motor, so the only thing you trade is sheets per pass.