The invention discloses a method for measuring the
diameter of a non-contact
forging on line by using
laser. A pair of parallel linear guide rails arranged at equal altitude on the two sides of the
forging is used in the method. The method is characterized in that: a
laser transmitter is arranged on one guide rail, a
laser receiver is arranged on the other guide rail, the
laser transmitter and the laser
receiver are driven to travel by two
stepper motors respectively, the positions of the
laser transmitter and the laser
receiver are kept synchronous during the travel, the distance between the tangent point of the laser and the section circle of the
forging can be computed quickly through the travel distance of the
stepper motors and the connection and interruption of signals of the laser receiver, so that the
diameter size of the forging can be obtained. The method has the advantages that: two mutually independent linear guide rails are adopted, so that the
diameter of the forging such as a spindle of a
windmill generator and metallurgic rollers in a wider range can be measured by selecting a proper guide rail length; measuring staff are not required to
contact high-temperature environment, and manual measurement is avoided, so that the diameter of the current forging can be obtained quickly, precision is high, the shortcomings of long time and large error of the manual operation are overcome, and forging speed and forging precision are improved; the shortcoming of reserving relatively large cold
processing allowance according to experience is effectively overcome, the allowance consumption of the forging is reduced, and the
energy conservation and consumption reduction are realized.