When entering the run mode with a Closed Loop Die Accelerator, stationary cuts are a necessary evil. This change sets to minimize them by eliminating the use of the Shear Die Distance when determining if a stationary cut needs to be made. From now on only targets that are between the Min and Max Die Distances will be considered for stationary cuts.

When halting after a stationary cut, the material is supposed to remain stationary to prevent the material movement from damaging the newly cut part. However, the material was being allowed to feed during the die retract. This has been resolved.

In order to put customers in control of stationary cuts a new setup has been added called Allow Stationary Cut. It only applies to the Shear Press.

The new setup has three settings, Always, Never and Prompt. It defaults to Always to prevent issues with Legacy installs.

Always and Never are self-explanatory.

Prompt will halt the Line and display an Are You Sure window asking if a Stationary Cut Should be allowed.

If No is selected, any further attempt to run, as long as a stationary cut is required, will be prevented with a Missed Shear error. It will be prevented until a flying cut is executed, a Manual Shear is executed or the coil tails out.

If Yes is selected, the stationary cut will be allowed on the next attempt. Stationary cuts will be allowed until a flying cut is executed, a Manual Shear is executed or the coil tails out.