Article Transport Facility

An article transport facility comprising:

• a transfer device that performs a transfer operation to hold an article and store the article in a container;
• and
• a control device that controls the transfer device,
• wherein:
• the container has a placement portion for placing an article thereon, and a side wall portion erected around the placement portion,
• the article to be stored in the container includes a first orientation and a second orientation in which an area in contact with the placement portion is smaller than that in the first orientation when the article is placed on the placement portion, and an article to be stored in the first orientation in the container is a first article and an article to be stored in the second orientation in the container is a second article, the transfer device comprises:
• a first holding portion for holding the first article;
• a second holding portion for holding the second article;
• an attachment portion to which one of the first holding portion and the second holding portion is selectively attached;
• and
• a moving portion for moving the first holding portion or the second holding portion that is attached to the attachment portion,
• the control device is configured to execute setting control to set a storing position, in the container, of each of a plurality of articles to be stored in the container, storage control to control the transfer device so as to store each of the plurality of articles at the storing position, and replacement control to replace one of the first holding portion and the second holding portion that is attached to the attachment portion with the other one,
• the setting control is a control to set the storing position in accordance with an order of transferring the plurality of articles so as to sequentially place the articles from a reference position that is set at a position adjacent to the side wall portion, and
• the control device executes the storage control for all second articles, of a plurality of articles to be stored in one container, then executes the replacement control to replace the second holding portion attached to the attachment portion with the first holding portion, and thereafter executes the storage control for all first articles.