摘要 |
An apparatus for conveying a workpiece as used to convey the workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer, a glass substrate or liquid crystal panel, between processing apparatuses when the workpiece is processed in the plurality of processing apparatuses. The amount of liquid on a surface of a workpiece is adjusted to a predetermined amount, and the workpiece, which retains the predetermined amount of liquid, is conveyed between processes. The adjusting includes both supplying a sufficient amount of liquid onto the surface of the workpiece, which is in a certain state, and removing a certain amount of liquid from the surface of the workpiece.
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