Bag full indicator - Some shredders have a bag full indicator that lets you know the shredder is full and needs its bag to be changed.
Bin - The bin is where the shredded paper goes.
Casters - Larger paper shredders are placed into a metal frame called a caster. The caster will either have legs or wheels. This makes moving larger shredders easier.
Cross-Cut - Cross cut shredder use a crisscross format to cut paper into small pieces.
Duty Cycle - A duty cycle is the amount of time a shredder can be used before it must be turned off and cooled down.
Footprint - The footprint is the area of ground the shredder takes up.
Hopper - Some shredders have a hopper. A hopper is a type of bin where paper can be dumped for shredding.
Horizontal feed - Some shredders can have paper fed from the side. This is known has horizontal feed.
Overload protection - Some shredders have overload protection. If too many sheets of paper are loaded into a shredder, the overload protection will turn the shredder off before the motor is burned out.
Reverse function - Some shredders have a reverse function. A reverse function is the ability of a paper shredder to back the paper out of a shredder.
Sheet capacity - The sheet capacity is the amount of paper a shredder can shredder at one time.
Shredder Speed - The shredder speed that a paper shredder can shred. This is usually rated in feet of paper per second.
Strip-Cut - Strip-cut is a type of shredding. Shredders that shred strip-cut shred the paper into long strips of paper.
Throat - The throat of a paper shredder is where the paper is placed before shredding. Different paper shredders have different throat widths.
Vertical feed - Some Paper shredder have paper fed through the top of the machine. This is a vertical feed.
