On Feed to Stop applications, while Stitching parts, this change allows the Shear press operation to be selectively omitted without stopping at the shear target. It does this while still accurately tracking material and part completion for the parts that have the omitted press fires.

Internally, tracking part completion without stopping and without firing the shear press has been described as a Phantom Shear.

Some feed to stop machines don't have a physical shear tool. A future, generic implementation of a phantom shear for those machines will be able to make use of this same mechanism that has been implemented for Stitching.

This feature is not currently compatible with the SGF option. We have a customer waiting for this for a Brake and Hump line. There are too many concerns with the target adjustments for the Weld Station and the Weld Knockoff station to consider right now.