Abstract: Machine for the control and boarding of stockings and tights with automatic loading and unloading of material, comprising a circular transfer type base 1 carrier for the forms 2, which can be fixed with foot inclined between approximately 5 and 15 degrees in relation to its longitudinal axis or articulated with leg extendable in width and pivoting foot 17, and a series of functional stations through which these forms successively pass, the stockings being subjected firstly to a steaming treatment in a double chamber autoclave 7 and to drying in a hot air kiln 8 divided into two parts by inner gates 35, the stockings being deposited directly on to the forms without the intervention of the intermediate transporting elements from the loading supports 13 where they are positioned by hand by the operator.