Patent attributes
A substrate warehouse stores a container housing a substrate, and includes a transfer-in part which allows the container to be mounted thereon when the container is transferred-in from an outside; a transfer-out part which allows the container to be mounted thereon when the container is transferred-out to the outside; and a standby part which allows the container standing by for transfer-out to the outside to be mounted thereon. Also included is a functional part including an inspection that performs processing of inspecting the substrate; a delivery part which allows the container to be mounted thereon when delivering the substrate between the functional part and the container; a container transfer mechanism which transfers the container in the substrate warehouse; and a substrate transfer mechanism which transfers the substrate between the functional part and the container mounted on the delivery part.