Systems and methods for secure card printing ribbon removal may include a shredding unit, a collection unit, and a processor. The shredding unit may shred card printing ribbon and generate ribbon waste. The collection unit may be removably attached to the shredding unit and receive ribbon waste from the shredding unit. The collection unit may comprise a transparent material, a visual fill line, and a sensor that determines the amount of ribbon waste contained in the collection unit. Upon determination that the amount of ribbon waste exceeds a threshold, the sensor may generate a signal. The processor may operate the shredding unit and the collection unit, receive the signal generated by the collection unit, and generate, based on the signal, a prediction of a remaining capacity of the collection unit. The ribbon may include material containing sensitive information.

Embassy's under siege have an immediate need to destroy electronic devices. An electronic shredder is provided. A hand crank as backup. This invention relates to a portable electronic shredder. Further, shredder relates to the shredding of electronic devices to a very small size so as to make the shredded remnants untraceable, wherein the mobiles and laptops, CPUs and monitors can be placed for disposing of, following which the electronic devices are exposed to a pulverizer. The pulverizer crushes and cuts the electronic devices to minute remnants. The portable shredder is lightweight, compact and portable, thus making it easy to transport to an e-waste stacked place.

A device for comminuting media materials that store sensitive information. The device is a rotating mill core with removable flat edged blades, a set of stacked bed knives and a screen. The mill core rotates in close proximity to adjustable bed knives to shear the material being fed before passing through a screen in order to grate the material. The mill core has an angular positioned blade constructed and arranged to shear material with said bed knives. The mill core has a mass and is operated at 1000 rpm. A flywheel is further attached to the mill core in order to conserve rotational energy and improve the efficiency of the device. Vacuum ports facilitate cleanup.

An apparatus for destroying data storage devices comprises a shredder assembly, a hammer mill assembly, a chute mounted in an open communication with an interior of the shredder assembly and with an interior of the hammer mill assembly, the chute sized and shaped to transfer shredded remnants from the shredder assembly into the hammer mill assembly, a power drive assembly coupled to each of the shredder assembly and the hammer mill assembly, and a control assembly configured to operate the shredder assembly and the hammer mill assembly.

A media declassification device receives a media component such as an SSD or magnetic disk drive, and eradicates any remnants of sensitive data stored thereon by physical agitation and dismantling the media component. A cutting wheel or die rotates in close tolerance to an interior surface of a cutting chamber, and cutters or protrusions on the cutting wheel engage the media component against a leading edge of the cutting chamber for shearing and/or cutting fragments of the media component into the cutting chamber. A screen at an opposed side of the cutting chamber has apertures that limit a maximum size of particles passing out of the cutting chamber.

The current invention is a Particle-lizer Mechanism for Destroying the Functionality of Data Bearing Components of a Solid-State Data Bearing Device. This particle-lizer mechanism provides destruction of data bearing components from solid-state data bearing devices by reducing the components to particle size of 2 mm or smaller and ensures accurate particle size by use of a screening system to render the data unusable using a simple one stage process. Since there are so few mechanical components in the design, a particle-lizer mechanism can last 100 times longer than a shredding machine with a fraction of the complexity to build. This particle-lizer mechanism is portable and is intended to be used within the customer's secure confines of a data center or enterprise facility. This particle-Ilzer mechanism includes a particle collection system and a filtration system to preserve air quality where it is located.

The portable grinder and container is a mechanical device. The portable grinder and container is configured for use with a PDD (personal data device) case. The PDD case is configured for use in protecting a personal data device. The portable grinder and container attaches to the PDD case. The portable grinder and container is configured for use with plant based materials. The grinds the plant based materials to release one or more phytochemicals contained in the plant based materials. The portable grinder and container incorporates a first grinder section, a second grinder section, a collection pan, and a threaded connection. The threaded connection secures the second grinder section to the collection pan. The collection pan attaches to the PDD case. The first grinder section magnetically attaches to the second grinder section. The first grinder section and the second grinder section combine to grind the plant based materials.

Disclosed is an apparatus for destroying the operational aspects and electronic media of a Solid State Drive (SSD) yet maintaining the physical shape of the SSD for identification. The apparatus includes a crusher box having counter-rotating rollers that are intermeshed to provide a high speed feed of an SSD wherein teeth formed on the rollers render the electron media non-accessible and impart a distinctive waffle like appearance for ease of identifying destroyed SSD's. A VFD-PID controller is used to vary the speed of an electric motor 50 with the PID having a feedback signal that allows for various target values to be set.

A method and apparatus for use in destroying a data storage device and separating materials for recycling. The apparatus employs: a first stage of rough cutting wherein the data storage device is shredded into pieces approximately 30 mm×30 mm; a second stage that separates shredded metal material, such as spindles, from non-metal material by use of a magnetized roller having a scraper to the metal material to a first bin and non-metal material to a third stage having an upper level shredder and a lower level shredder for grinding the non-metal material into particle sizes of 10 mm×10 mm or less.

A system includes an enclosure about a path toward a physical damaging system configured for rendering media storage devices inoperable. A scanning system obtains identifying information of a media storage device in the path. A barrier is selectively movable between an accessible state in which media storage device introduction into the enclosure is permitted and a blocking state in which such introduction into the enclosure is prevented. A locking mechanism locks the barrier in the blocking state in response to the barrier being moved to the blocking state. The locking mechanism unlocks the barrier and permits a shift to the accessible state subsequent to the scanning system obtaining the identifying information and subsequent to an action triggered based on the identifying information obtained from the scanning system.