INSPECTION EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION METHOD

To reduce cost by labor-saving of inspection of a rod-like bound body in which rod-like bodies are bound together.SOLUTION: Inspection equipment is provided, inspecting whether a rod-like body including a bent portion is included in a rod-like bound body in which rod-like bodies are bound together. The inspection equipment comprises: a supply unit supplying the rod-like bound body in which a predetermined amount of the rod-like bodies are bound; a photographing unit which photographs the image of an edge of the rod-like bound body supplied by the supply unit; and an inspection unit that determines that the rod-like body having a bent portion is included in the rod-like bound body when there is included among the images photographed by the photographing unit one whose edge area of the rod-like body is larger than a predetermined area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】棒状体を束ねた棒状体結束体の検査の省人化によるコストの削減を図ることである。【解決手段】棒状体を束ねた棒状体結束体に湾曲部を含む棒状体が含まれるか否かを検査する検査装置であって、あらかじめ決められた量が結束された前記棒状体結束体を供給する供給部と、前記供給部により供給された前記棒状体結束体の端部を撮影する撮影部と、前記撮影部により撮影された画像中のそれぞれの前記棒状体の端部の面積の中であらかじめ決められた面積より大きいものが含まれるときに前記棒状体結束体に湾曲部を有する前記棒状体が含まれると判断する検査部とを備える。【選択図】図１