Industrial Paper Shredders
Powerful heavy-duty shredders for high volume shredding
Updated on Mar. 04, 2021 | Authors: Pim Brouwer & Brent Nijssen
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Industrial paper shredders are large, powerful, and high-performing shredding machines for shredding high volumes of (confidential) documents in bulk. These professional shredders serve the shredding needs of your entire organization.
For large office departments, industrial environments, facilities, or warehouses with lots of confidential documents, it is recommended to make use of a powerful heavy-duty industrial shredder that can shred large amounts of paper continuously and quickly.
Industrial shredders are designed to withstand heavy volumes and can shred through notebooks, cardboard, and even binders. Read more about industrial paper shredders in our shredder guide at the bottom of the page.
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Top 10 Industrial Heavy-Duty Shredders
Below you can find our selection of recommended disintegrator shredders for continuous shredding. We recommend these industrial shredders for shredding high volumes of confidential documents in bulk. Please read more information about what to look for when buying a professional industrial shredder in our guide.
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#1 | HSM Powerline FA 500.3
Shred up to 450 sheets per pass.
The HSM Powerline FA 500.3 is a powerful industrial shredder with a conveyor belt. The robust shredder is ideal for shredding large quantities of confidential business papers. The HSM shredder is ‘Made in Germany’, so you are guaranteed high quality, safe, and durable shredder. Designed with solid steel cutting rollers for heavy-duty shredding tasks and the powerful motor ensures continuous-duty operation.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 340-450 sheets
- Feed opening: 19 inches
- Bin capacity: 140 gallons
- Official product page
#2 | MBM Destroyit 5009
Shred up to 400 sheets per pass.
The MBM Destroyit 5009 is a conveyor-fed industrial cross-cut shredder with a centralized oiler and safety guard. This industrial shredder has a highly sufficient feed table with a conveyor belt, ready for bulk feeding high volumes of confidential documents. You can also shred lesser amounts at a higher speed with this P-3 shredder. The shredder shreds paper documents, but also CDs, 3-ring binders, and hardbound documents. Its centralized oiler makes sure the cutting head is lubricated regularly to keep this machine run smoothly throughout.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 300-400 sheets
- Feed opening: 20 inches
- Bin capacity: 79 gallons
- Official spec sheet
#3 | Intimus 14.95 S
Shred up to 130 sheets per pass.
The Intimus 14.95 S is medium-duty industrial paper shredder. This shredder has a spacious feed table and an integrated conveyor belt, this makes shredding paper safe, controlled and effortless. The conveyor system moves the paper into the cutters at a speed of 59 ft/min. Besides smooth office documents, you can also shred crumpled paper with ease. Although this is an industrial shredding machine, it has a small footprint so it fits even through standard (door) openings. Prevent unauthorized use by using the lockable master switch.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 130 sheets
- Feed opening: 17 inches
- Bin capacity: 53 gallons
- Official product page
#4 | HSM Powerline FA400c Cross-Cut
Shred up to 120 sheets per pass.
The HSM Powerline FA400c Cross-Cut lets your team shred up to 120 sheets per pass. The high capacity makes the HSM shredder a high-performance shredder for not only your confidential documents but also for multimedia such as optical disks, credit cards, and USB flash drives. The DIN P-3 shredder is designed for centralized shredding. The strong motor ensures fast shredding speeds at 41 feet/min, and the enormous 104-gallon waste bin can hold high volumes of shredded material.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 120 sheets
- Feed opening: 17 inches
- Bin capacity: 104 gallons
- Official spec sheet
#5 | HSM HSM1503 Powerline 450.2 Cross-Cut
Shred up to 85 sheets per pass.
The HSM Powerline HSM1503 is a powerful DIN P-4 cross-cut shredder. The industrial shredder has solid steel cross-cutting rollers for reliable continuous operation. We recommend this shredder for continuous-duty shredding for 12+ users, ideal for centralized shredding and high-volume shredding. The shred speed is around 40 ft/min and the 5hp motor ensures continuous operation. The level 3 cross-cut shredder has a large collecting capacity and can handle up to 85 sheets of paper in a single run. This machine can shred paper documents (also crumbled), CDs, DVDs, credit cards, floppy disks, and USB thumb drives.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 65-85 pages
- Feed opening: 17.44 inches
- Bin capacity: 76 gallons
- Official spec sheet
#6 | Intimus Pro 852 CC
Shred up to 80 sheets per pass.
The Intimus Pro 852 CC is a heavy-duty cross-cut shredder with a sheet capacity of 80 sheets per case. It shreds your confidential document at a security level of P-4. This shredder can shredder your document continuously with a speed of 47 ft/min. This shredder has a strong motor of 5.75 horsepower, which means it can even shred staples and paper clips, and it runs on a three-phase 220 volts.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 80 sheets
- Feed opening: 17 inches
- Bin capacity: 54 gallons
- Official spec sheet
#7 | Formax 8906CC
Shred up to 650 sheets per pass.
The Formax 8906CC is a high-capacity conveyor-fed industrial shredder for large volume and fully-automated paper shredding. The cross-cut shredder shreds up to 650 sheets at once and has a wide 21-inch feed opening. The Formax industrial shredder is powerful enough to shred large stacks of documents, catalogs, and cardboard. The industrial Formax shredder can also gets equipped with a baler that compacts the shredded pieces into a small bale.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 650 sheets
- Feed opening: 21 inches
- Bin capacity: 102 gallons
- Official spec sheet
#8 | Martin Yale Intimus 16.50
Shred up to 550 sheets per pass.
The Martin Yale Intimus 16.50 is a P-3 cross-cut paper shredder with a conveyor belt. This industrial shredding machine can shred up to 420 sheets of confidential documents per pass. The high-power 10 HP motor combined with wear-resistant steel cutting rollers ensures shred speeds of 50 ft per minute. This high-performance heavy-duty shredding machine also shreds CDs, DVDs, and credit cards. The large feed table and conveyor belt make it easy and safe to shred documents for the operator.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 420 sheets
- Feed opening: 20 inches
- Bin capacity: 120 gallons
- Official product page
#9 | SEM Model 5146P
Shred up to 70 sheets per pass.
The SEM Model 5146P is a heavy-duty industrial shredder with a hopper. Perfect for centralized shredding, for instance, for a mailroom environment or other centralized area at the office. The cross-cut shredder gets equipped with an auto oiling system and a removable feeding table. The extra-large hopper is ideal for shredding crumbled office documents.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 70 pages
- Feed opening: 18 inches
- Bin capacity: 60 gallons
- Official product page
#10 | SEM Model 7050P
Shred up to 600 sheets per pass.
The SEM Model 7050P is a heavy-duty cross-cut shredder. The machine has a 20″ feed opening, which also accepts 3-ring binders and hardbound documents. The dual 3 phase motors are powerful enough to shred up to 600 sheets per pass. In front of the opening, you find a large sorting table with a conveyor belt. You can sort your confidential documents and start shredding continuously with this industrial paper shredder machine from SEM Shred.
- Security level: Cross-cut
- Sheet capacity: 600 sheets
- Feed opening: 20 inches
- Bin capacity: 80 gallons
- Official product page
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What is an industrial paper shredder?
An industrial paper shredder (or disintegrator) is a large and rugged commercial shredding machine for high-end professionals. This shredding system isn’t your usual ‘heavy-duty’ (home) office shredder.
An industrial shredder is capable of shredding large amounts of documents, known as bulk shredding. You can shred thousands of documents continuously with these shredders. So no more cool-down or limited run-times, which are customary with standard office shredders. You can empty your secured shred bin in the machine and start shredding.
Industrial shredders come in strip-cut, cross-cut and micro-cut variants. For confidential documents, we recommend at least a shredder machine with cross-cut cutting blades.
What is continuous run-time?
A standard paper shredder for home or small office use has a maximum run-time. The run-time indicates that the shredder overheats after intensive shredding. Some basic shredders can overheat within a few minutes. Other more expensive paper shredders can shred for 30 minutes before the machine needs to cool down. The cooling down time takes up an hour on average.
You don’t want to operate a shredder which needs to cool down all the time.
When you want to shred high quantities of confidential documents in bulk, you don’t want to operate a shredder that needs to cool down all the time. Therefore it is recommended to use an industrial paper shredder with a continuous run-time.
The continuous run-time means that the shredder keeps shredding without the need to cool down. These professional paper shredders get equipped with a powerful motor and high-quality cutting blades built for intensive shredding. An automatic oiling system provides the gears and cutting edges with enough lubrication to keep the shredder run smoothly.
We recommend a cross-cut or micro-cut shredder to shred confidential office documents. That is security level DIN P-3 or higher (read more).
Recommended for large organizations
Industrial shredders are recommended, for instance, for large offices, large departments, warehouses, governments, and other professional industries where there is a need for bulk shredding or central shredding points. With these large and advanced shredders, you can shred bulks of flat or crumpled paper, but you can also shred large files, waste paper, binders, notebooks, cardboard, staples, paperclips, CDs, DVDs, credit cards, and ID cards.
These machines are powerful enough to shred all day for an entire organization. Therefore industrial shredders are also a solution for the annual or end-of-year shredding of old confidential documents and files from large archives. An industrial shredder might be worth considering when your organization can’t or doesn’t make use of a paper shredding service in your area.
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Industrial paper shredders are durable, powerful and can handle high volumes with ease.
Shredding cardboard waste
For shredding high volumes of cardboard waste, such as boxes, we recommend a cardboard shredder.
These industrial shredding machines produce packaging material for your old cardboard waste. Read more about cardboard shredders or find out more about cardboard recycling.
Difference between a heavy-duty shredder and an industrial shredder
An industrial shredder is a heavy-duty shredder, but not all heavy-duty shredders are industrial shredders. In general, a ‘heavy-duty shredder’ is categorized for professional use in an office environment to shred confidential documents for multiple employees.
That’s why these shredders are also called ‘departmental shredders.’ A heavy-duty paper shredder is ideal to use for about 10-15 persons, but it isn’t designed to use these shredders all-day long for intensive shredding.
When you want to shred high volumes of documents frequently, we recommend investing in an industrial-grade paper shredder machine. An industrial shredder gets built for continuous shredding in bulk.
Buying an Industrial Shredder Checklist
A continuous-duty shredder is a relatively large investment. So it is good to know what to look for when buying a disintegrator shredder for your company.
- Build quality – An industrial shredder needs to be powerful and well-built to withstand heavy use. All the parts of the shredder must be industrial-grade and heavy-duty proof. A powerful high-performance motor and transmission for non-stop paper shredding, industrial-grade steel gears, chain drives, gears, shafts, and hardened cutting blades.
- Security level (shred size) – What security level of the shredder do you need? You can get a strip-cut, cross-cut, or micro-cut industrial shredder. For office use, we recommend leaving a strip-cut machine aside. It would be best if you opted for a cross-cut or micro-cut shredder. The difference is the particle size. A micro-cut shredder produces tinier particles. But the downside is that a micro-cut shredder tends to shred slower because the sheet capacity is lower.
- Sheet capacity – How many documents do you want to shred per pass (shredding capacity). Industrial shredders are built for heavy-duty tasks, but it depends on the model how many sheets of paper you can feed in the shredder’s throat. In general, an industrial-grade shredder can shred hundreds of sheets per pass. Also, take into account that some disintegrators also can shred thick paper (from junk mail), notebooks, notepads, cardboard, binders, and whole office files.
- Waste bin capacity – A smaller-sized industrial shredder is equipped with a waste bin with a capacity of around 50 gallons. The larger-sized shredders can hold approximately 100-200 gallons. When you need more capacity, you should look for a paper shredder with a baler. Be sure that the waste compartment is easy to remove and empty. Some shredder cabinets can be opened from the rear and others from the side.
- Waste bin mobility – Most waste bins contain casters for easy mobility. Generally, the waste bin can be accessed from the front of the shredder machine. The advantage is that you can place the shredder against the wall to save space.
- Cutters – The cutting knives are the most critical part of your industrial shredder. These shredder blades shred all your confidential documents into small pieces of paper. An industrial shredder gets equipped with multiple steel cutters. It depends on the brand and model of the shredder, how many shafts and cutting knives. The shredder comes with and how large these blades are.
- Throat or feed size – A large feed opening or throat is one feature that distinguishes an industrial shredder from an ordinary office shredder. A large gap can handle lots of paper, which is ideal for heavy-duty industrial use. Opt for a broad and large throat so you can feed large stacks of (crumpled) documents with ease. Large paper sizes can be shredded in one go without the need to fold them.
There are different setups for loading the shredder with your classified documents, such as a feed hopper or a conveyor with a convenient work table.
- Conveyor system – Some industrial paper shredders get equipped with a high-capacity conveyor, so-called conveyor shredders. This integrated conveyor system automatically moves the paper into the cutters, convenient and safe for the operator. Though, most industrial shredders come with a feed hopper. Fill the hopper with large amounts of documents and comfortably empty it inside the shredder.
- Worktable – For improving productivity, it is convenient to have access to a work table in front of the shredder. You can put all your materials on the table before you begin with paper shredding. A feed table is an ergonomic feature because there is no need for the operator to bend over to pick up materials on the floor.
- Safety features – A shredder is an excellent tool for your organization, but it can also be a dangerous tool. That is when the shredder gets misused by the operator or doesn’t come with safety features. Think of an emergency stop button, safety sensors, reverse switches, and other safety features that can prevent dangerous situations.
- Maintenance – To keep the industrial shredder in mint condition, it is essential to perform maintenance regularly. The most important thing is to provide a shredder with shredder oil. Most large shredders get equipped with an automatic oiler unit on the side of the shredder. This oiler makes sure that the cutting blades are oiled regularly. Some shredders can perform maintenance automatically with an automatic oiler system, but some shredders need to be oiled manually. Also, keep the cutting blades dust-free and empty the shredder bag frequently. We recommend giving someone within the company the task of regularly maintaining the paper shredder.
- Mobility – Industrial shredders are large and heavy machines. Suppose you want to have the possibility to move the shredder around in your organization. In that case, you can look for a mobile industrial shredder that gets equipped with large heavy-duty casters for easy mobility. Also, look at the dimensions of the shredder to get the machine through standard-sized doors.
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What is the cost of an industrial-grade paper shredder?
Prices start at around $10,000 but can go up to $50,000 – $60,000 depending on your needs and preferences. An industrial-grade paper shredder is a large investment, but an industrial shredder keeps your data secure, which is very important for your organization.
Paper destruction service
You can also hire a document destruction company to do the paper shredding for your company. These industrial paper shredder companies can shred your documents annually, but they can also frequently collect and shred your materials. This paper shredding service saves you time, but it also costs money, of course.
Rent an industrial document shredder
Are you looking for an industrial paper shredder to shred large volumes of paper once a year, for instance, when you’re performing your yearly archive clean-up? Then perhaps it is unnecessary to invest in an expensive large shredder. You can, in this case, also rent an industrial document shredder in your area.
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Industrial shredder manufacturers
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Shredder guide
What to look for when buying a secure paper shredder? Read our Paper Shredder Guide.
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