Asking why you need to keep your shredder lubrication no different than asking why you should change the oil in your car every 3,000 miles. Not only the retention of the requirement to maintain a security force, but all the mechanical parts need a little oil to help them run smoothly and to keep clean. Demand for oil in the cutting head mixer in a shredder to destroy documents effectively lubricates sheet after sheet. Fortunately, you find that taking care of their separation is cheaper, faster and easier than taking care of your car.
Shredder oil is specially formulated to remove oil residue in the tip. Other oils as WD-40 will attract dust, beyond the obstruction cut. After shredding, the waste lubricating oil only specifically designated for the use or threat of fragmentation of the cancellation of your warranty and clogging its fragmentation.
How often do you oil your shredder depends on several factors: the frequency of use, shredding capacity, reduce the size and type of paper. Fragmentation is necessary to use more oil, more than that piece of paper when it is thicker and its role shred. Moreover, small crush requires more ounces of oil. A 1 / 4 “strip cut shredder is used only one to two hours per week only need an oil per week. A cross section of fragmentation on the other hand, requires that the oil after every half hour service. If you remember to oil your shredder every time you change the bag, it will always be in a good shape. The method is to apply the oil directly to the cutting head. Shredder oil is packaged in plastic bottles or pressure spray designed to facilitate the application. No tools are necessary, the only goal of the bottle directly to the cutting head, the entry point of the paper and apply a thin trickle of oil from one end of the cutter to others. Run the machine in reverse for 10-15 seconds until all the cutting mechanism is coated.
