Method of holding a dried honeycomb structure

摘要

The present invention provides a method of holding a dried honeycomb structure 8, which is a honeycomb structure after a drying process and before a firing process, when a ceramic honeycomb structure in which bulkheads forming a number of cells are disposed in the form of a honeycomb is manufactured with a manufacturing method comprising a extruding process, said drying process, and said firing process. A chuck 1 having a plurality of claws 10 is used and the plurality of claws 10 are allowed to come into contact with an outer periphery 89 of said dried honeycomb structure 8 so that the direction of the pressure F applied to said dried honeycomb structure 8 by said claws is substantially parallel with said bulkheads 81.