Abstract: A precise shearing process can be made possible, with a cost-advantageous embodiment of extrusion residue shears, if the shearing forces and the shearing movement are applied or carried out in as compact and targeted a manner as possible. This can be implemented, in the case of a suitable embodiment of the corresponding extrusion residue shears or of the corresponding method, in each instance, by a suitable embodiment of the drive train that belongs to the shearing movement, by pulling of the related shear blade, by a shearing drive that is separate from positioning and/or by suitable regulation.