Method and apparatus for checking tyres, in a process and in a plant for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels

A method for checking tyres, wherein each tyre has a main rotation axis and an axial centreline plane, said method comprising:

• simultaneously advancing said tyres step by step along a check path, and
• checking said tyres during time intervals placed between subsequent steps;
• checking at least one first half of each tyre by executing a plurality of checks along a first part of the check path, wherein the first half is an axial half of each tyre delimited by said axial centreline plane;
• overturning each tyre around an overturning axis after exiting from said first part of the check path;
• moving each tyre to an inlet of a second part of the check path;
• and
• checking at least one second half of each tyre by executing the plurality of checks along said second part of the check path, wherein the second half is an other axial half of each tyre delimited by said axial centreline plane.