Combination Connection

Most people know of HSM for either document shredders, from desk-side size to large industrial units capable of taking a whole lever arch file including its contents, or for balers. Indeed, the company makes the latter to compress and bale many types of waste including paper, cardboard, PET bottles, beverage cans, waste foam and even used car tyres.

However, HSM also combines their two core technologies, for which they hold over 170 patents, to make Combination shredder and baler systems. As the name suggests, these machines shred the documents, files and other paper materials, compress the strips or particles produced and then tie them into a bale, for ease of handling and transport.

The shredding section of the system can be specified to the security level required. Both strip and the cross cut heads are available, up to level three. However, it is generally recognised that baling the shredded material increases security to the next level. This is because the strips or particles produced are crushed together and hence more difficult to separate and identify.

Baling the waste at the end of the process, not only increases the security level it also significantly reduces the amount of space that the shredded material occupies. This is useful both for storage and onward transport for disposal or recycling, possibly for animal bedding, for which certain materials can be sold, thereby recouping some of the cost of the baling combination system.

The Combination systems from HSM have many applications. Not only are they suitable for professional companies managing the disposal of confidential documents, they are also a viable alternative for companies and organisations wishing to collect and dispose of there own materials. The units can be either sited in a central location or, for larger premises, within the delivery/loading bay of a large office block or similar.

For further information about the HSM Combination systems, and other products within their range, please contact HSM UK