Patent ID: 8019040
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. An X-ray inspection device for irradiating an article with X-rays and inspecting the article while the article is being conveyed, the X-ray inspection device comprising: a conveying unit configured and arranged to convey the article; an identification part configured and arranged to identify whether the article is a test piece or an end product by determining whether a transmission image of the X-rays irradiated onto the article includes a pattern corresponding to a prescribed identification reference for identifying the test piece; and an operation control part configured to set operation of the X-ray inspection device to a normal mode in which the article is determined to be defective or not defective when the article has been identified as an end product by the identification part, and to a test mode in which a state of the X-ray inspection device is assessed by comparing a prescribed portion of the transmission image of the X-rays corresponding to a test foreign matter with a threshold value when the article has been identified as a test piece by the identification part.