Abstract: Edible casing is in light weight, which has higher economic value, resilience, greasy and smooth properties, but it is more difficult to measure the length of that. Through studying the demands of the market, a new machine for measuring the length of edible casing was designed. Its band carrier drew the casing moving and stepping motor controled the speed of band carrier. The data of the measuring wheel were recorded by high-accuracy circle encoder, the speed of stepping motor was regulated by Programmable Logic Controller, and control parameters were inputted and measurement data were showed by touch screen, etc. As the use of key technology, the problems of measurement of edible casing length were solved. The speed reached 0.84 m/s, and the efficiency of the machine was twice of the manual measurement. High automation system makes the work of measuring the length of edible casing reliable and the environment of production healthy. Practice proves that the measurement system of casing can meet the requirements of production process, the measurement error is equal or lesser than 0.4%, the measurement precision was improved .