Conveyance device and conveyance method

A conveyance device comprising a pair of rails extending parallel to each other in a horizontal direction, the conveyance device being for conveying a conveyance target object used in a production line on the pair of rails, and positioning the conveyance target object at a predetermined position, the conveyance device comprising:

• a pressing member having an attraction portion configured to attract an attraction target portion of the conveyance target object on a surface orthogonal to an extending direction of the rails;
• a lifting and lowering section configured to lift and lower the pressing member;
• a moving section configured to move the pressing member in the extending direction of the pair of rails;
• a clamp section configured to clamp the conveyance target object on the pair of rails against the pair of rails;
• and
• a control section configured to
• control the lifting and lowering section and the moving section such that the pressing member is lowered and the attraction portion of the pressing member is attracted to the attraction target portion of the conveyance target object,
• control the moving section such that the conveyance target object is conveyed to the predetermined position, and after controlling the clamp section such that the conveyance target object is clamped at the predetermined position, and
• control the lifting and lowering section and the moving section such that the pressing member is retracted from the conveyance target object,
• wherein the attraction portion of the pressing member is a first one of a magnet and a magnetic body, and
• the attraction target portion of the conveyance target object is a second one of the magnet and the magnetic body.