An ergonomically designed workstation consist of complete table with vessels 1, 2 and 3 to store water, powder and paste respectively and machine (21) to produce the agarbattis. The machine (21) consists of four bar mechanism (6) used to transmit the force and moments, to the rack (20) and pinion which in turn transmits motion to the plunger (1) inside the cylinder (2). The plunger can also be actuated by hand lever (10). The cylinder is filled with paste which id pressed by the plunger movement. The uncoated stick is inserted in the nozzle (3) fitted to one end of the cylinder and stick comes out from the other end of the nozzle along with the coating due to friction between paste and stick. The machine can be operated with pedal as well as with hand lever to reduce the fatigue to the operator. The hand lever position can be adjusted to suit for operation in standing and sitting position.
