DEVICE FOR CONVEYING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY, METHOD FOR SEALING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY

摘要

A conveying apparatus 400 for a honeycomb structure accurately and easily aligns through-holes in a honeycomb structure with through-holes in a plugging mask. A camera 90 is used to take an image of an end surface of a honeycomb structure 70 gripped by a hand 10. Based on the image, an initial rotation angle of the honeycomb structure 70 around a vertical axis at a reference position where the image has been taken is recognized. An arm turning section 40 is driven to convey the honeycomb structure 100 gripped by the hand 10 from the reference position to above a plugging mask 170. A rotation angle required to adjust the rotation angle of the honeycomb structure 100 on the plugging mask 170 to a desired final rotation angle is acquired based on the initial rotation angle recognized at the reference position and a rotation angle of the honeycomb structure around the vertical axis associated with the driving of the arm turning section 40 from the reference position to above the plugging mask. The honeycomb structure 70 is rotated based on the required rotation angle.