Why must my fixture absorb the FR5 mounting-plate substitution?

AnnaBell0677 · 3 Apr 2026, 02:57 UTC

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AnnaBell0677
Our delivered FR5 mounting plate has a different locating shoulder from the fixture drawing the seller accepted. Different suffix too. Ten days of being told it is equivalent, while my housing tooling remains on the shelf.

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CalebAllen0319
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Can your fixture designer compare the shoulder without fitting the tooling?

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AnnaBell0677
Replying to CalebAllen0319

Yes. She has both drawings, but the seller has not identified the supplied plate drawing.

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DanielChan1087
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Then equivalent is a sales answer with the useful page missing. Ask for the supplied drawing and have your designer mark the conflict. Don't pay her to redesign around a photograph.

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ZaraBrown0917
Replying to AnnaBell0677

I would also ask for the originally agreed plate. Their substitute needn't become your design project.

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RosaCarter0988
Replying to ZaraBrown0917

ZaraBrown, I agree about asking, though the supplied plate may turn out to suit after a proper comparison. Anna needs to know whether the locating shoulder changes the seated position, and whether the complete tool assembly still matches what her integrator assessed.

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DineshAdams0125
Replying to DanielChan1087

Could Anna send one marked comparison with the original acceptance attached, so the seller has a specific mismatch to answer rather than another general request for clarification?

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HazelBrown0919
Replying to DineshAdams0125

Yes, Dinesh. Put the supplied reference in the subject once they identify it. Otherwise each reply seems to acquire a fresh plate (we had that happen with a camera bracket).

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VictorBrooks0794
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Who updates the spare list if you keep this one?

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AnnaBaker0503
Replying to VictorBrooks0794

I would not change the spare list yet. Keep the delivered reference marked as unaccepted stock. Otherwise someone can reorder it while this discussion is still going on.

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SamBell0681
Replying to VictorBrooks0794

Victor, that happened in our stores with an unconfirmed adapter. It was entered as the new version and the next request copied it. AnnaBaker's separate stock status would have saved us a second argument.

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AnnaBell0677
Replying to DineshAdams0125

Supplied drawing received. Our designer found that the shoulder prevents our tooling seating. I have requested the agreed plate, with her marked section attached. Thank you, Dinesh; that single comparison finally got an answer.

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ZaraChan1091
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Does the reply actually offer that plate, Anna? I would keep the existing tooling arrangement as the starting point unless your integration team chooses a change. A new adapter could bring another set of dimensions into this.

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AnnaBell0677
Replying to ZaraChan1091

They offered a spacer first. I declined it. They now offer the agreed plate and collection of the substitute, with no extra charge in their written proposal.

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DanielChan1087
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Good. A spacer isn't automatically a harmless concession. Your designer shouldn't have to carry a new tool offset and fixing arrangement just to make their substitution disappear.

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ZaraBaker0482
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Ask them to identify the plate they intend to send before it leaves, and let your receiving and integration people know what must be checked on arrival. You have already lost enough time to two things being called the same.

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ZaraBrown0917
Replying to AnnaBell0677

Has collection been booked, or only offered?

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AnnaBell0677
Replying to ZaraBrown0917

Replacement received and checked against the agreed drawing. The designer confirmed the shoulder and seating face match. The original plate has been collected. Our integrator still has the installation work; the supply mismatch is finished.

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VictorBrooks0794
Replying to AnnaBell0677

And stores gets the right reference at last.

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