CHEMICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chemical treatment apparatus that can detect inclination of clamping means to prevent cutting of a workpiece, and has excellent productivity.SOLUTION: A chemical treatment apparatus, which applies electrochemical treatment to the surface of a conveyed sheet-like workpiece 10, includes: clamping means 15 that is fixed to a rotationally driven endless belt 12 and projects in a direction approximately orthogonal to the conveying direction of the workpiece 10 to hold one end side of the workpiece 10; a plurality of clamp detection means that are arranged in a direction approximately orthogonal to the conveying direction of the workpiece 10 to respectively detect different parts of the clamping means; and inclination detection means that detects inclination of the clamping means based on the detection results of the plurality of clamp detection means. 【課題】クランプ手段の傾きを検出してワークの切れを防止可能であり、生産性に優れた化学処理装置を提供すること。【解決手段】搬送されるシート状のワーク１０の表面に電気化学的処理を施す化学処理装置であって、回転駆動する無端ベルト１２に固定され、前記ワークの搬送方向に略直交する方向に突出して前記ワークの一端側を保持するクランプ手段１５と、前記ワークの搬送方向に略直交する方向に配列され、それぞれ前記クランプ手段の異なる部位を検出する複数のクランプ検出手段と、前記複数のクランプ検出手段の検出結果に基づいて、前記クランプ手段の傾きを検出する傾き検出手段とを有する化学処理装置。【選択図】図２