Document shredders are used to shred documents into unrecognizable pieces. They are widely used in offices, and businesses. Most offices destroy their secret documents after use. Document shredders can prevent the leaking of secrets of business. They can be used to shred personal checks, expired licenses, bank statements, receipts of all kinds and medical records. The selection of document shredders depends on the level of security.
Document shredders consist of a pair of rotating blades, a paper comber, and a motor. Document is fed between the two blades. The document is split into many small pieces by the force of blades. The shred pieces of document are held in containers. Low-end document shredders do not have containers with them. Most expensive document shredders are equipped with containers. Some document shredders are equipped with a plastic bag. The capacity of a document shredder is measured in terms of the amount of document that can shred at a time.
Document shredders shred documents using different shredding methods such as strip cut, crosscut and ultra security cut. Strip cut method is used for large volumes of shredding. By this method, documents are cut into long thin vertical strips. Document shredders that employ strip cut are less expensive than crosscut document shredders. Crosscut document shredders use a crisscross system to shred document into very small pieces. Crosscut document shredders cannot shred documents as quickly as strip cut shredders. But they provide better security to shred documents than a strip cut shredder. Ultra security cut shredders are used to shred high sensitive documents. They shred documents into unreadable pieces.
Commercial grade document shredders can shred large amount of documents. High-end document shredders are used to shred credit cards, videocassettes and computer diskettes. Most shredders can handle documents with paper clip or staple.
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