Inspecting apparatus, and inspecting method

Abstract

An inspecting apparatus and an inspecting method capable of detecting a state inside the cream solder are provided. An illumination device (5) irradiates infrared light at predetermined intensity to a board on which cream solder is applied. An image taking device (6) takes an image of the board to which the infrared light is irradiated. A main control portion (95) in a control device (9) is capable of detecting a sectional shape of the cream solder according to an intensity distribution of infrared light reflected on the board from image data of the image captured by the image taking device (6). Also, because reflected light from the cream solder surface can be eliminated by an elimination portion (95c), the sectional shape of the solder can be detected more exactly.

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