The Garner PD-5e IRONCLAD is an automatic Crusher designed for the physical destruction of hard drives and SSD's. The Garner PD-5e IRONCLAD allows for the simultaneous destruction of two standard 3.5" hard drives in just 18 seconds. A metal wedge crushes the hard drives lengthwise, bending and breaking the platters, casing, read heads, and electronics. Physically destroying a hard drive guarantees that the data on it can no longer be accessed.

The Garner PD-5e IRONCLAD features the IRONCLAD verification system. This system comprises a camera module, a touchscreen control panel, a barcode scanner, and Garner’s report-generating software. Information regarding each hard drive such as serial number, date/time, and user ID—is recorded via the software and scanner prior to destruction. Additionally, the camera module captures an image of the hard drive both before and after the crushing process. Photos of each destroyed hard drive, along with the other recorded data, are stored in a log for auditing or reporting purposes.

Prior to physical destruction, hard drives are often erased using a hard drive degausser. This process completely removes the magnetic data stored on the hard drive platters by applying a powerful electromagnetic pulse. When combined with physical destruction, this ensures complete data security.

In addition to destroying hard drives (including IDE and SCSI drives up to 1.66" in height), the Garner PD-5e IRONCLAD can also be used to destroy SSD's, flash memory cards, and USB drives. The optional SSD-1e module is available for this purpose. The SSD-1e module perforates the media with 90 pins, destroying all internal memory chips.

The Garner PD-5e IRONCLAD crusher is "NSA Evaluated" and listed on the NSA/CSS Evaluated Products List for hard drive destroyers. Thanks to the PD-5e's compact size and optional transport case, hard drives can be destroyed with verifiable results at any desired location.