20-second cycle
Roughly one hard drive every twenty seconds, so a hundred-drive remediation project is finished inside a working day.
Hard Drive Degausser
Proton T-1 Degausser
The entry point into certified data destruction. The Proton T-1 is a drawer-style electromagnetic degausser that erases hard drives and tape in about twenty seconds a cycle — fast enough for a busy back office and compact enough to sit on a standard bench.
Overview
What this gives you
Most organisations do not need the field strength of a defence-grade machine. They need a reliable, repeatable way to make sure a drive leaving the building cannot be read. That is exactly what the T-1 does: it applies a 1 Tesla alternating magnetic pulse that randomises the data layer on the platter, whether or not the drive still boots.
It runs on universal 100–240 V input, so there is no motor change or transformer to buy for Indian mains. The drawer takes a drive in its sled or bracket, cycles, and confirms the result on the display — which is what makes it a defensible entry in a destruction register.
- Supplied, installed and supported by Quridge Global Solutions from Bengaluru
- Written quotation with GST-inclusive pricing, warranty and AMC options
- Documentation, operator training and a named point of contact for support
At a glance
What you get
1 Tesla effective field
Clears the magnetic layer of conventional hard drives and tapes — the point of no return for the data.
No mains changes
Universal 100–240 V input means it works on Indian supply without a transformer or a motor swap.
Register-ready
Each cycle confirms on the display, so your destruction log records what happened, when and to which asset.
Specification
Technical details
| Specification | Proton T-1 |
|---|---|
| Field strength | 1 Tesla (10,000 Gauss) |
| Cycle time | Approximately 20 seconds |
| Listing | DoD, DSS, NIST |
| Operation | Drawer load |
| Field verification | LCD result on cycle |
| Media | HDD, SSD-bearers, LTO / DLT / DDS / DAT |
| Power | 100–240 V universal input |
Where it is used
Typical applications
The situations this is most often specified for, based on what we are asked to quote most often.
- Office and IT department drive refresh programmes
- Clinic, school and campus media disposal
- ITAD and refurbishment drive sanitisation
- End-of-life laptop and desktop processing
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
At roughly one drive every twenty seconds, a full working day is around 700 cycles. Most organisations with fewer than twenty drives a day will never exhaust it.
Yes. The magnetic pulse does not depend on the drive booting or its sectors being readable, so clicking, failed and firmware-locked drives are still sanitised.
No. The T-1 carries DoD, DSS and NIST recognition, which covers most commercial and enterprise policies. An NSA EPL listing is only needed where a tender or a customer policy names one.
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