The supplied adapter projects farther behind the mounting plate. Our confirmed drawing places that area beside the fixture wall. I have no applicable dimension for the delivered adapter yet.

That is a concrete interface question, not an argument about model names. Ask for the complete assessed assembly: mounting, rear projection, connections and supported tool load. Matching the attachment holes would not settle whether your agreed transfer fits.

Also ask who owns the comparison. Seller confirmation against your drawing is part of the purchase basis. It shouldn't become an unpriced redesign assignment for your workshop by default.

Did the seller accept that specific rear-projection question?

They supplied the adapter drawing and asked our toolmaker to check it. The projection enters the fixture-wall space in the confirmed transfer arrangement. Toolmaker has marked the interference on the combined drawing.

So equivalent is not established for your arrangement. Has the seller proposed a remedy?

Hassan's point becomes practical now. A revised fixture could be a proposed option, but its design, build and reassessment costs belong in that option. Jane has not said the fixture can change, and it may serve other work.

Exactly. Ask for choices with responsibilities attached. Otherwise the cheapest line in their reply becomes your most expensive week.

The fixture is shared with manual jobs and we will not redesign it for this delivery. Seller proposes a shorter adapter, but has not supplied its reference, load assessment or price. We have also requested return terms for the nonmatching package.

That proposed adapter remains unevaluated, then. Is there a date for the missing information?

Keep return terms separate from an agreed return. You have asked, not shipped it back.

Seller now says it cannot support the shorter adapter with our tool. Purchasing has chosen the return route instead of commissioning another design. The package remains here while both sides settle collection and the commercial terms.

That is a defensible decision on this package, not a conclusion about every arm carrying that suffix. Keep the combined interference drawing and their unsupported-adapter answer with the purchase record; those explain why you abandoned the supplied arrangement.

The return agreement identifies the arm and supplied interface. It includes collection responsibility and the proposed credit, which purchasing has accepted. Nothing collected or credited yet.

I have removed this package from the installation schedule. Tooling stays unfitted. That decision is finished; the return itself remains an open purchasing action with an owner.

Keep that open action visible until the physical handover and financial entry are both reconciled. You can stop planning an unsuitable installation without pretending the commercial job is already done.