Provided is a machine and a method for inspecting an input shaft of a
power system. First an second cameras take a photograph of first and
second champer of the input shaft from directions perpendicular to the
chamfers to capture image data of the chamfers. The input shaft is
rotated by an indexing drive until overlapping a central line of first
and second chamfers of an input shaft on a standard line of image array
coordinate system of a computer. Then, widths of the first and second
chamfers of the input shaft is calculated. Thereafter, the indexing drive
rotates the input shaft by predetermined degrees. The computer processes
image data of another first and second chamfers captured by the first and
second cameras and calculates widths of the another first and second
chamfers. Continuously, widths of remaining chamfers of the input shaft
are calculated.