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DRIVE SANITIZATION

UWC-640

Universal Wiper Cart 640

High-density fixed wiping station — 640 drives sanitized and certified per run.

RECORD BY YOUR WIPE SUITE AIR-GAP CAPABLE DISKLESS BY DESIGN
640 drives at once
70" W × 24" D — fixed floor unit
2 × 30A / 208V · ~8,200 W
3 zones / 4 backplanes
Full specifications Purchase orders only — nothing charges until you sign the quote.
UWC-640 — Universal Wiper Cart 640
DRIVE SANITIZATION
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SPECIFICATIONS

Built to these numbers.

Published figures for the UWC-640. Detailed engineering drawings, electrical schedules and site-prep requirements are issued with the quote.

EXPANDED SPEC TABLE

Weight, thermal load, ingress rating, fabric topology and rail dimensions will land here once engineering signs off the published sheet.

CAPACITY
640 drives at once
FOOTPRINT
70" W × 24" D — fixed floor unit
POWER
2 × 30A / 208V · ~8,200 W
ARCHITECTURE
3 zones / 4 backplanes
CUSTODY MODEL
Group B — record issued by your wipe suite
Site requirements. Several machines need dedicated 208–240 V circuits that most floors do not already have. Apex supplies a Site Requirements sheet covering electrical circuits, receptacle types and heat load — available on request.
HOW IT WORKS

Position, boot, load, run, certify.

01
Position & power

Placed once as a fixed floor unit and connected to its dedicated circuits — 2 × 30A / 208V · ~8,200 W. The Site Requirements sheet covers the electrical work, receptacle types and heat load before delivery day.

02
Boot your wipe environment

Power on: the unit PXE-boots your licensed wipe suite from your facility server in one to two minutes. No network at the site? Insert the standalone boot USB at the front-panel port and run fully air-gapped — certificates export the same way.

03
Load drives — any drive, any caddy, any bay

Slide each drive in through the bay funnel until the latch clicks; the bay LED turns amber when it is seated and detected. 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch, SAS or SATA, any caddy brand, no tools and no sorting. Load all 640 before starting the job.

04
Run the job from one console

From the head-height console, confirm the drive count, select the sanitization standard — NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, DoD 5220.22-M, NCSC (UK) or ADISA per your policy — enter the operator ID and job reference, and start. Per-bay tri-color LEDs and the software's live grid track every drive; blink-to-locate finds any single bay from the screen.

05
Certify & unload

When the batch completes, export per-drive certificates (PDF) or the batch CSV from your wipe suite. Passing drives release to the wiped bin; any failure shows red and goes straight into the lockable quarantine bin, logged by serial and routed to destruction.

THE RECORD

Your wipe suite issues the certificate.

On the UWC-640, the customer’s PXE wipe suite — WipeOS or third-party — performs the sanitization and issues the certificate. Apex provides the platform it runs on, not the record.

WHAT APEX PROVIDES
The platform: bays, fabric, power and thermal capacity for the full run
Physical custody controls — quarantine bin, locks and seals
The operating environment, air-gap capable and diskless by design
A machine that stays out of the data path
WHAT YOUR WIPE SUITE PROVIDES
The sanitization itself, to your licensed configuration
The per-device certificate and the custody record behind it
The standards claim carried on that certificate
Your existing reporting, unchanged
Apex never represents these certificates as its own. See the full custody model
STANDARDS

What this machine supports.

Achieved by your PXE wipe software (WipeOS or 3rd-party) running on this machine.

NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 — Clear & Purge
Aligned to IEEE 2883-2022
DoD 5220.22-M
NCSC guidance (UK)
ADISA
ADD-ONS, KITS & DOCUMENTS

Everything that ships around the machine.

These are being finalized for the UWC-640. Ask us for current availability and we'll send what exists today.

Add-ons
COMING SOON

Optional modules and expansions that extend what the machine handles.

Capacity and bay expansions
Interface and adapter options
Integration and networking options
Ask about add-ons
Maintenance kits
COMING SOON

Consumables and field-replaceable parts to keep a unit in service.

Wear and consumable parts
Cable and connector replacements
Recommended spares package
Ask about kits
Documents
COMING SOON

Published PDFs for evaluation, procurement and installation.

Specification sheet (PDF)
Site prep & power requirements
Operator manual
Request documents

Spec a UWC-640 for your floor.

Tell us your volume and asset mix and we'll confirm power, footprint and lead time. Fleet bundles are available across all 19 systems.

Purchase orders only — nothing is charged until you sign the quote. Talk to us first