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The main difference between industrial shredders for sale and those found in an office setting is power. Office disintegrators are almost always exclusively for destroying paper or plastic documents. These devices can only output a small amount of volume and aren’t capable of handling multiple items at once. Large-scale machines, however, can deal with a constant stream of material, including higher volumes and stronger items that often resist destruction. These devices are used in a variety of industries and can destroy just about anything that fits in the feed chute.
Office disintegrators are about the size of a small trashcan and vary in their effectiveness. They may use strip-cutting, cross-cutting, particle-cutting, granulation, hammermilling or grinders to reduce the paper or plastic to particulate matter. These machines are notorious for malfunctioning and do not always create enough entropy, or randomness, during destruction. This can leave sensitive information intact and eliminate the reason for destroying the material in the first place.
Industrial shredders for sale are more thorough in their destruction. While office models may use a simple row of blades to make cuts in the paper, large-scale devices are installed with rotary blades. Most come with several rows of rotary blades that are adept at grabbing, cutting and crushing material as it is fed into an open chute at the top of the machine. These blades are heavy duty cutting edges and are usually made from steel. Industrial shredders for sale are usually versatile enough to accept several kinds of blades, which can alter the cutting power and speed of the machine.
These devices are fitted with secondary and primary rotary cutters. The secondary cutters line the edge of the processing area and are used to direct and precut material fed into the chute. The primary cutters sit in the middle and provide most of the power. These rotary blades are interlocked so that no objects can fall through freely. Under the blades sits a mesh that only accepts particles of a certain size. Items too big to fit through the mesh are grabbed by the blades and further reduced in size. Industrial shredders for sale can be fitted with meshes of different sizes. The combination of customized blades and meshes means that the right fit can be found for any industry. Modern models also come with fail safes and safety features. When dealing with materials that are particularly hard to cut, the blades automatically adjust their speed to increase torque and may reverse direction to grind items. Some devices are also capable of detecting foreign bodies and engaging a safety shutdown to avoid damage to the machine.
These machines are much larger than paper cutters, though they can be integrated into other processes or operated separately. They are about the size of a large vehicle and can handle many kinds of material. Paper, plastic, electronic waste, appliances, wood, rubber, metal drums and scrap, furniture, cars, cardboard, textiles, leather, organic waste, batteries, cement, medical waste and radioactive waste are just some of the items industrial shredders for sale can destroy. In general, no matter the size or composition of an item, there is a way to destroy it with these machines.
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