A temperature management apparatus comprising: a temperature management furnace having a space in which an article is placed and whose temperature is managed; a rod-shaped member (2A, 2B); an opposite member (3A, 3B) that is opposed to a part of a side surface of the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B); a driving device (4A, 4B) that rotates the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) or the opposite member (3A, 3B) around a central axis of the rod-shaped member to change a relative position of the rod-shaped member and the opposite member; and a contact member that moves within the temperature management furnace in association with a change in a relative position between the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) and the opposite member (3A, 3B) and moves the article in contact with the article, wherein the driving device is disposed outside of the space whose temperature is managed; and wherein when the driving device (4A, 4B) rotates the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B), the opposite member (3A, 3B) moves along the central axis of the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) and the contact member fixed to the opposite member (3A, 3B) moves; and wherein the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B), the opposite member (3A, 3B), and the contact member are disposed inside of the space whose temperature is managed; characterized in that the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) includes a magnetic material, the opposite member (3A, 3B) includes a magnetic material, and in that the temperature management apparatus further comprises a mandrel (11A, 11B) that penetrates a side wall of the temperature management furnace and connects the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) to the driving device (4A, 4B). a temperature management furnace having a space in which an article is placed and whose temperature is managed; a rod-shaped member (2A, 2B); an opposite member (3A, 3B) that is opposed to a part of a side surface of the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B); a driving device (4A, 4B) that rotates the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) or the opposite member (3A, 3B) around a central axis of the rod-shaped member to change a relative position of the rod-shaped member and the opposite member; and a contact member that moves within the temperature management furnace in association with a change in a relative position between the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) and the opposite member (3A, 3B) and moves the article in contact with the article, wherein the driving device is disposed outside of the space whose temperature is managed; and wherein when the driving device (4A, 4B) rotates the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B), the opposite member (3A, 3B) moves along the central axis of the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) and the contact member fixed to the opposite member (3A, 3B) moves; and wherein the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B), the opposite member (3A, 3B), and the contact member are disposed inside of the space whose temperature is managed; characterized in that the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) includes a magnetic material, the opposite member (3A, 3B) includes a magnetic material, and in that the temperature management apparatus further comprises a mandrel (11A, 11B) that penetrates a side wall of the temperature management furnace and connects the rod-shaped member (2A, 2B) to the driving device (4A, 4B).