| 摘要 |
A magazine lifting and lowering section 34 of a die supply apparatus 12 is configured to be able to house a replaced magazine rack having different specifications. A code display portion 57 marked with identification information (hereinafter, referred to as "a magazine rack ID") for each magazine rack is provided in each magazine rack, and a magazine rack ID and specification data related to each magazine rack are associated with each other and are registered in a database of a host computer 62. When the magazine rack accommodating a wafer expander 35 is housed in the magazine lifting and lowering section 34, the magazine rack ID is read from the code display portion 57 of the magazine rack by using a reader 58 so as to be transmitted to the host computer 62, the database of the host computer 62 is searched for, and the specification data related to the magazine rack corresponding to the magazine rack ID is acquired so as to be transmitted to the die supply apparatus 12, thereby controlling a lifting and lowering operation of the magazine rack performed by a lifting and lowering mechanism 49. |
