Plasma display panel manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method

A method for manufacturing a plasma display panel formed by heating a low-melting-point glass so as to join a front substrate to a rear substrate, after which a luminescent gas is introduced into said plasma display panel via a gas introduction port provided in either said front substrate or said rear substrate, after which said gas introduction port is sealed, said method comprising:

• a first step of fixing said front substrate of said plasma display panel to said rear substrates, placing said substrates into a joining chamber, and then performing vacuum exhausting an inside of said joining chamber,
• a second step of heating a sealing glass provided on said front substrate or said rear substrate, so as to join said front substrate to said rear substrate,
• a third step of placing said joined plasma display panel in a gas introduction and sealing chamber which has been vacuum-exhausted, and then vacuum exhausting an inside of said plasma display panel,
• a fourth step of making an inside of said gas introduction and sealing chamber an atmospheric pressure,
• a fifth step of introducing said luminescent gas into said plasma display panel which has been vacuum-exhausted, and
• a sixth step of sealing said gas introduction port of said plasma display panel.