Inspection device for cylindrical bodies

A method of inspecting a cylindrical body having a rotational axis along its length, comprising:

• moving the cylindrical body relative to a measuring device along a transport plane of a transport device while the cylindrical body is in contact with two feed planes that are statically mounted to the transport plane;
• rotating the cylindrical body about the rotational axis while the cylindrical body is moving relative to the measuring device and while the cylindrical body is in contact with the two feed planes,
• wherein the cylindrical body is not in contact with the transport plane of the transport device during rotation of the cylindrical body;
• and
• measuring, using the measuring device, a curvature of the cylindrical body while the cylindrical body is moving relative to the measuring device and while the cylindrical body is in contact with the two feed planes while maintaining a first angle between a normal of the feed plane and a measuring direction of the measuring device to between 45° and 135°.

An inspection device for a cylindrical body, comprising:

• a measuring device;
• a rotation device having a rotation plane;
• and
• a transport device having a transport plane and a feed plane, the feed plane being normal to and statically mounted on the transport plane, the transport plane being parallel to the rotation plane,
• wherein the rotation device and the transport device are configured to rotate the cylindrical body on the rotation plane while the cylindrical body is moving in the transport plane relative to the measuring device,
• wherein the transport device is configured so that during rotation of the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body is not in contact with the transport plane of the transport device,
• wherein the measuring device is configured to measure the cylindrical body while the cylindrical body is moving in the transport plane relative to the measuring device and while the cylindrical body is rotating, and
• wherein the measuring device is positioned to define a first angle between a normal of the feed plane and a measuring direction of the measuring device that is more than 45° to less than 135°.