HSM SECURIO P40i 1/32 x 7/16 Cross Cut Document Shredder - HSM1885

A common mistake with this machine is to file it as P-5. It is not. At 0.78 x 11 mm the particle area is about 8.6 mm2, under the 10 mm2 ceiling for P-6, and the 0.78 mm width is inside the 1 mm limit that class also imposes. This is a genuine P-6 micro-cut shredder in a departmental chassis, and it is the configuration to specify when a policy or a client contract asks for P-6 in writing. The price of that rating is capacity: 13 to 15 sheets a pass against 34 to 36 on the P-4 version of the same machine.

Key Features

• True P-6 micro cut. 0.78 x 11 mm particles, roughly 8.6 mm2, satisfying both the area and the 1 mm maximum-width condition DIN 66399 sets for P-6.
• Departmental chassis, not a desk-side unit. 330 mm throat, 145 litre container and a 1300 W drive, so a high-security rating does not force you onto a small machine.
• Handles staples and paper clips. Even at P-6 the solid steel rollers take stapled and clipped documents, so users are not asked to prepare paperwork by hand.
• IntelligentDrive with three operating modes. Useful on a P-6 machine, where the difference between a throughput bias and a quiet bias is noticeable.
• Automatic paper-jam prevention. The system recognises an over-thick stack on entry. On a 13 to 15 sheet machine users will over-feed, and this is what stops that becoming a service call.
• Integrated automatic oiler. Micro-cut rollers are far more sensitive to lubrication than strip-cut rollers. Automating it removes the most commonly skipped maintenance task.
• 4.3-inch touch display and EcoSmart standby. Multi-language operation with 0.1 W standby draw.

Specifications

Sheet capacities are HSM's per-model figures at 80 g/m2 A4. HSM's range brochure quotes capacity at 70 g/m2, which reads roughly 15 percent higher, so figures quoted elsewhere may not match.

What's in the Box

Delivered as a floor-standing machine with the 145 litre container and factory-fitted automatic oiler. Collection bags and cardboard disposal boxes are not included. Order the reusable collecting bag or the P36i/P40i cardboard box, plus HSM cutting block special oil for oiler refills, as separate items.

Who Should Buy This - and Who Should Not

Buy it if a written requirement names P-6, or you handle research data, legal discovery, pre-announcement financial material or personnel investigations where P-4 would be hard to defend. It gives you that class without dropping to a small-office machine.

Do not buy it if your volume is high and your actual requirement is P-4 or P-5. Going from 34 to 36 sheets down to 13 to 15 changes how people behave: a queue forms, and the shredder starts getting avoided. The SECURIO P40i 4.5 x 30 mm (HSM1883) or the P44i 1.9 x 15 mm (HSM1872, P-5) are the honest alternatives. Two further things to know before ordering: HSM's lifetime cutting-roller warranty stops at P-5, so a P-6 machine carries the 3-year machine warranty only; and this article does not include a media cutting unit, so CDs and DVDs are not listed as accepted materials. If you need both P-6 paper and media destruction, choose the version with the separate 2 x 2 mm OMDD unit.