A heavy duty paper shredder is a more versatile instrument in the ways of information security. Most often compared to heavy duty paper shredders are high security shredders. A heavy duty paper shredder is better able to keep on shredding despite the thickness or amount of paper put through the shredder. A high security shredder on the other hand cuts the paper into smaller pieces making information retrieval more difficult, even impossible. A heavy duty shredder is similar to the make up of a high security shredder despite this difference in cut size. A feature a heavy duty paper shredder should have is a waste container to keep the mess in check.
A heavy duty paper shredder should be able to strip cut, cross cut or micro cut. The configuration determines the cut size of a heavy duty shredder. In addition to the typical shredding features a heavy duty shredder should be able to do more. The whole point of a heavy duty paper shredder is to be able to continue to shred without stopping or breaking down. A heavy duty paper shredder should have a heavy duty motor. With a powerful shredding motor should also come strong steel blades to cut. A heavy duty shredder should be able to cut for 24 hours straight without a loss in speed or power.
The motor of a heavy duty shredder should have proper overheating protection. Overheating can lead to overstressing a motor and lead to break downs. Shredding without stopping will increase the heat in a shredder and without safeguards against overheating the motor will break down. Document protection relies on the overheating protection. Hand in hand with overheating protection is protection against paper jams. A heavy duty paper shredder should also be able to sense when a paper jam has occurred and reverse its flow to help the user extricate the mess. The paper jam protection can save time and resources.
A heavy duty paper shredder might also be equipped with a conveyor belt, though this is more for industrial settings. If the user is feeding a bulk of paper into the shredder a conveyor belt may be necessary. The conveyor belt feeds the paper sheets directly into the input of the heavy duty paper shredder. Most offices might not need this kind of attachment, but if there is an option to include it, the conveyor belt might be a nice addition to a heavy duty paper shredder.