An apparatus for continuous processing of caps, wherein each cap has a side wall extending around a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, a transverse wall joined to the first end and a plurality of tabs projecting from the second end. The apparatus includes: a bending station including a bending carousel and a plurality of bending units, each configured to bend the plurality of tabs of the cap towards the longitudinal axis; a feed unit, configured for moving the caps along a movement path, located upstream of the bending station and for feeding the caps to the bending station, where each cap, along the movement path, adopts a predetermined orientation at a first inspection position; a pericentric camera, located along the movement path and defining an optical axis of its own, aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cap disposed at the first inspection position; a control unit, connected to the pericentric camera to drive it synchronously with the caps moving along the movement path.