Patent ID: 8841065

Claim:
A manufacturing method of an exposure apparatus to manufacture an exposure apparatus that comprises a plurality of modules including a body and a first module to be docked with the body and exposes a sensitive object, the method comprising: adjusting a first positioning device provided between a body tool that is substantially a same member as the body to be shipped and the first module such that a positional relation between the body tool and the first module at the time of docking between them becomes a desired relation; shipping the first module whose positional relation at the time of the docking with the body tool via the first positioning device after the adjustment becomes the desired relation; and docking the body and the first module with each other via a second positioning device having a same configuration as the first positioning device, at a destination of shipment, the second positioning device being in a same state as the first positioning device after the adjustment and being provided between the body and the first module.