[Problem] To provide a conveyor and a conveying method that can identify an undesirable portion on a product even while conveying a work at high speed, and can move the work to a proper position.
[Solution] A conveyor comprises: conveying means (420) for conveying a belt-shaped work W having a plurality of reference points P arrayed discontinuously on a surface, intermittently conveying the work for each prescribed interval as a first conveying mode or continuously conveying the work as a second conveying mode; confirming means (450) for confirming a reference point when the work is stopped in the first conveying mode; detecting means (450) for monitoring the work conveyed using the second conveying mode and detecting the reference point; and control means (500) for continuing the first conveying mode when the reference point is confirmed by the confirming means during the first conveying mode and switching to the second conveying mode when the reference point is not confirmed, and for continuing the second conveying mode until the reference point is detected by the detecting means during the second conveying mode and switching to the first conveying mode when the reference point was detected.