The Results

Data Terminators'  hard drive shredder. The shredder is located in a van together with a generator - fully self contained. However in all honesty, it is better for all concerned and the environment if we can make use of your electricity. The choice is yours

The shredder is fed hard drives such as these

...and shreds them into little pieces like this:-

The image below illustrates the results when a single hard drive is shredded.
To give one a better idea of the size of the pieces that can usually be expected after shredding a single hard drive, click the image below.

The speed of shredding depends on the make of hard drive.
IBM and Seagate drives take just under 3minutes per drive (20-25 per hour).  
Maxtor and W/Digital take about 90 seconds per drive (35-40 per hour).

TAPES...........we also shred data cartridges

Examples of the type* of tapes we shred are:-

DLT Tape IV Cartridges

Super DLT tapes

LTO tapes

IBM 3494/3590  tapes

Travan tapes

4mm Digital Data Storage Tape  mini cartridge  81mm x 60mm x 14m

Sony SDX2-50C data tapes  95mm x 62mm x 15mm

3M DC600A data cartridge tapes  151mm x 101mm x 17mm

HP C7972A 400GB tapes  105mm x 100mm x 21mm

We can usually shred  one standard DLT tape in approximately 60seconds

*Our machinery has a  size restriction which may prevent certain types of large tapes from being acceptable. We cannot shred the old type of reeled tapes such as the 10.5" IBM magnetic tapes

The thickest item we can accept is 25mm and widest is 110mm.

This size restriction tends to rule out some very old SCSI hard drives which are almost twice as thick as the standard hard drive (which are around 22mm-24mm thick).  The thicker old drives haven't been made for over a decade - if you have a few of these drives, amongst many standard drives, we can handle them simultaneously  with shredding the normal drives,  but it is a time consuming process and we can only shred a limited number at any one time (please advise before-hand). Normally we do not charge extra.

INCINERATION OF DIGITAL TAPES
Shredded data tape waste is difficult to recycle and as a consequence it is sent to land fill. However, for some this is not a satisfactory outcome. For an extra fee we can arrange for the waste to be incinerated. 

INCINERATION OF MICROFICHE FILM
Unless the shred size is very small, shredded microfiche film is still very easily readable. Such waste usually ends up in landfill which isn't a good idea. We can arrange to have your microfiche film incinerated. To be doubly sure, the film can be  shredded on site and then incinerated in an approved incineration facility.


We do not shred paper, floppy discs or optical discs.

 


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Contact us

Business Hours
Monday - Saturday
10am - 6pm
 
Telephone
01223 305 007
 
Fax
01223 305 008
 
Postal address
Data Terminators
4 Mill Road
Cambridge  CB1 2AD
England, UK
       
Email
info@data-terminators.co.uk