Transfer apparatus

A transfer apparatus picking up and transferring a plurality of parts, placed on one same plane as a result of a sheet being cut in a cutting step, to a next step, the transfer apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of pickup arms each including an extendable arm portion and an adsorption hand adsorbing each of the plurality of the parts at a tip of the extendable arm portion, the plurality of the pickup arms being movable between the cutting step and the next step;
• a controller driving and controlling the plurality of the pickup arms, the controller causing relative positions, as defined by two-dimensional coordinate data, as seen in a plan view, of the adsorption hands to be changed based on graphics data used in the cutting step, and causing each of the plurality of the parts to be adsorbed and picked up by at least one of the adsorption hands;
• and
• a printer as hardware performing printing on each of the plurality of the parts, the printer being provided between the cutting step and the next step,
• the printer is hung from above such that the printing is performed by a bottom portion thereof,
• the transfer apparatus further comprises a temporary table allowing each of the plurality of the parts to be placed thereon, the temporary table being provided at a printing position, below the printer, at which the printer performs the printing, and
• the temporary table is movable between the printing position and a retracted position retracted from a horizontal region connecting the cutting step and the next step.