AUTOMATIC POUCH SORTING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC POUCH SORTING METHOD

Disclosed are an automatic pouch sorting apparatus and an automatic pouch sorting method, which can sort out a defective pouch among a plurality of disordered pouches and automatically arranges them in position. The automatic pouch sorting apparatus includes: a pouch supplying section which has a pouch entrance through which a plurality of pouches is put and a pouch exit through which the plurality of put pouches are discharged in units of pieces; a pouch loading section where normal pouches are loadable; a pouch moving guide section which guides the pouch to move along a pouch moving path from the pouch exit to the pouch loading section; a pouch sensing section which is arranged in between the pouch supplying section and the pouch loading section and senses whether or not the pouch discharged from the pouch exit is normal; a pouch interceptor which selectively intercepts the pouch in order to prevent the pouch from being transferred and loaded to the pouch loading section; and a controller which controls the pouch interceptor in accordance with sensed results of the pouch sensing section so that normal pouches can be loaded to the pouch loading section but abnormal pouches cannot be loaded to the pouch loading section.