13. IN A DIE CUTTING PRESS HAVING A PLATEN, A WORK SUPPORT, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE PLATEN FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE WORK SUPPORT AND FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SUPPORT, POWER MEANS FOR PROVIDING SAID MOVEMENTS OF THE PLATEN, IN COMBINATION THEREWITH, CONTROL MEANS FOR SAID POWER MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR INITIATING MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATEN TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SUPPORT TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION TO BRING SAID PLATEN OVER A DIE POSITIONED ON THE WORK SUPPORT, SENSING MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO DISPOSITION OF A BODY PORTION IN A ZONE ADJACENT SAID PLATEN FOR TEMPORARILY INTERRUPTING SAID TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT OF THE PLATEN UNTIL SAID BODY PORTION IS OUT OF SAID ZONE, MEANS COMPRISING A DIE SENSOR OPERATIVE RESPONSIVELY TO MOVEMENT OF THE PLATEN OVER A DIE ON THE WORK SUPPORT AND OPERATIVE AT SAID PREDETERMINED POSITION FOR INITIATING DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF THE PLATEN TOWARD THE WORK SUPPORT TO PRESS SAID DIE THROUGH A WORK PIECE, STROKE TERMINATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED ELECTRICAL SIGNAL FOR INTERRUPTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLATEN TOWARD THE WORK SUPPORT AND MEANS ACTING IN RESPONSE TO SAID LAST SIGNAL FOR THEREAFTER EFFECT ING MOVEMENT OF THE PLATEN AWAY FROM THE WORK SUPPORT AND TRANSVERSELY THEREOF.