Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Materials Today: Proceedings 5 (2018) 1800–1806 www.materialstoday.com/proceedings PMME 2016 Design and Fabrication of Casuarina Harvesting Machine  S. Krishnaraj a, *, S. Deshik Sandeep b , R. Poovarasan c , D. Magesh d , K.V. Ajay Sooria e and, R. Kiran f a,* Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai- 600 044, India. b,c,d,e Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai- 600 044, India. a krishnaraj.mech@sairam.edu.in, b deshik1912@gmail.com, c poovarasanraja10@gmail.com Abstract Agrotech – a developing field which is essential for agriculture. Casuarina Equisetifolia is a widely grown species used for the production of paper and firewood. Casuarina grows up to 12 feet in height in a span of 3 to 4 years. They are rigid and hard. This makes harvesting of Casuarina difficult. It consumes more time, money and manpower. Our harvesting machine reduces all of these. Our machine is equipped with two chainsaw blades at the front sides which are run by a 2 HP motor. It provides high rpm for effective cutting of trees. The dual blade enables cutting of two trees at same time. It is equipped with a front shield for protecting the driver. Overall an acre of Casuarina can be harvested in a few hours thus saving time, money and manpower. Our machine can also be used to harvest crops like sugarcane and bamboo by adjusting the position of the blades by simple alteration mechanism in order to produce a low cost harvesting machine for the farmers. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Processing of Materials, Minerals and Energy (July 29th – 30th) 2016, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India. Keywords: Agrotech, Casuarina Equisetifolia, Harvesting machine, Chain saw, 2HP motor, Sugarcane, Bamboo.  This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. * Corresponding author. Tel: +0-960-038-4448 E-mail address: krishnaraj.mech@sairam.edu.in 2214-7853 © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and Peer-review under responsibility of International Conference on Processing of Materials, Minerals and Energy (July 29th – 30th) 2016, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India.