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The Bench Preconditioning step is designed to work on the original Phase solid, not the depleted Phase solid. Material from a bench can either be sent to the bench above or removed. It is no longer possible to send material down in this step. This can be helpful when parts of the bench need to be drilled with the bench below, such as sump shots or ramp shots. More information about Bench Preconditioning can be found at https://documentation.alastri.com/wiki/spaces/212AD/pages/5310910707/RR.+Bench+Preconditioning here.
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Bench Depletion
The Bench Depletion step deals with material that exists within the flitches of the depleted phase solids. In Bench Depletion, material within a flitch can only be removed or sent to the flitch below. The intention of this step is to allow users to remove/push down any remnant material that may be present. It is important to know when the material is sent to the flitch below; it will be trimmed to the below bench’s silhouette. More Information on Bench Depletion can be found here.
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