Conductive-wire position inspecting method and device

A conductive-wire position inspecting method for inspecting a position of a conductive wire inserted into a slot of a stator core, the method comprising:

• a disposing step of disposing a reference body so that the reference body and the conductive wire projecting from the slot are arranged along a line in a radial direction of the stator core;
• an imaging step of imaging the conductive wire and the reference body with an imaging device;
• a calculating step of finding a relative position and a relative angle of the conductive wire with respect to the reference body, with a calculating device, based on an image obtained by the imaging device;
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• a determining step of, if the relative position and the relative angle found in the calculating step are within respective permissible ranges, determining the position of the conductive wire to be acceptable, with a determining device.