Patent ID: 9064918
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An article storage facility comprising: a plurality of storage sections each storing a transport container accommodating a substrate therein; a transport device for transporting the transport containers to the plurality of storage sections; an inactive gas feeding section provided for each of the plurality of storage sections for feeding inactive gas to the inside of the transport container stored in the storage section, the inactive gas feeding section including a discharge opening for discharging the inactive gas and a flow rate adjusting device capable of adjusting a flow rate of the inactive gas to be discharged via the discharge opening; a controller for controlling operations of the transport device and the flow rate adjusting device; and a specified feeding section selecting section for selecting one or some or all of the plurality of inactive gas feeding sections as specified feeding sections; wherein for the inactive gas feeding sections of the storage sections storing the transport containers therein, the controller causes the flow rate adjusting devices to be operated according to a container storage mode in which mode the inactive gas is fed to the transport container in a predetermined feed manner; and for the specified feeding sections selected by the specified feeding section selecting section, the controller causes the flow rate adjusting devices to be operated according to a specified feeding section feed mode in which mode the inactive gas is fed through the discharge openings thereof in a specified feeding section feed manner.