The experimental evaluation of incremental plasticity models and fatigue life prediction under combined loads requires the use of multiaxial testing machines. In this work, an axial-torsion machine (MTT) was developed to evaluate incremental plasticity models. This electromechanical system uses as a main actuators two DC motors connected to gearboxes to generate the axial and/or torsion loads. The design of axial-torsion machine comprises the analysis of its structural integrity, its dimensioning and fatigue life prediction its major components; the design and development of a load torque cell – LTC; the development and implementation of control techniques, and finally, its construction and its performance evaluation. A PID Sliding Model control technique has been specially developed for this machine, which consists in applying a discontinuous control signal that forces the system to slide along a surface convergence. This control technique has the ability to control the axial force and/or torsion applied to specimen test in an independent manner, which allows to generate a non-proportional loading histories. The control methods are implemented on a computing platform in real time CompactRio. Thus, it s possible to developed a compact multiaxial fatigue testing machine, easy to handle, which does not require a complex control system, and at a low cost. The tensiontorsion machine was designed to meet a wide range of multiaxial fatigue tests, with a maximum capacity of axial force of more or less 200 kN and torque of more or less 1300 N.m. The MTT performance was evaluated experimentally by incremental plasticity testing. For this purpose, tensile / torsion specimens were used to measure their behavior under multiaxial loads. Testing of non-proportional hardening, multiaxial ratcheting and uniaxial ratcheting (cyclic creep) were performed on specimens of 316 stainless steel, 1020 steel, 7075 aluminum and 6351T6 aluminum in the MTT, as well as a Instron Machine of more or less 100 kN. A simulator of incremental plasticity to tensile-torsion loads has been developed, incorporating the non-linear kinematic hardening model of Jiang-Sehitoglu, and non-proportional hardening model of Tanaka. The material parameters were calibrated using experimental tests, allowing the simulations to predict the material behavior under different load histories, as well as rates of non-proportional hardening and ratcheting. The experiments and simulations confirmed both the suitability of the developed MTT, as well as the simulator of incremental plasticity implemented, based on non-linear models of Jiang-Sehitoglu and Tanaka.