Clip Polydata along a round surface

Im getting a Error with that.

normals = vtk.vtkPolyDataNormals()
normals.SetInputData(poly)
normals.SetFeatureAngle(1) # i dont know which angle i need
#normals.AutoOrientNormalsOn()
normals.SplittingOn()
normals.Update()

connect=vtk.vtkPolyDataConnectivityFilter()
connect.SetInputData(normals)
connect.SetExtractionModeToSpecifiedRegions()
connect.Update()

i got this error:

connect.SetInputData(normals)
TypeError: SetInputData argument 1: method requires a vtkDataObject, a vtkPolyDataNormals was provided.

Im i doing something wrong here ?? :cold_sweat: