Construction and control implementation of material cutting machine

This paper deals with design and construction of material cutting machine. The main aim is to offer a cost efficient solution, acceptable, mainly in textile industry, but also compatible for use in other areas (i.e. paper cutting). Design and implementation of such solution based on PIC 16F877A microcontroller, so therefore financially more acceptable and with same functionality is described. Even more “user friendly” environment and real time control and surveillance of machine was achieved through GUI made in Matlab and by using of RS 232 serial communication protocol. After integration of hardware, both electronic and mechanical, and software solutions, physical model, although only a prototype, was subjected to regular working conditions and demonstrated its effectiveness and functionality.