But if XYZ Corp. bought the tool, they own title to it, so they're going to be liable as well. One of them is vendor warranties or service agreements and the like if the equipment is not prepped right. If process kits are not removed and ship kits not installed properly, the warranties and service agreements may not be honored by the vendor. The other aspect is just the shipping condition itself. When it gets where it's going, it's kind of in a shambles, and it looks like a piece of surplus equipment.
Proper disassembly makes it much easier to reassemble and install.
But even the less expensive wet benches can present problems inasmuch as the tools make use of acids and solvents. That level of decontamination still is not safe. Self praises Alexander's efforts in establishing a reference list showing the condition of a particular piece of used equipment. We've seen more fabs closing in the last two years than we've ever seen in the history of the semiconductor industry. Driven by the downturn, some fabs have become obsolete.