An extrusion system (100, 600) comprising: wet extrudate material; an extrusion die comprising an outlet and configured to continuously form the wet extrudate material comprising a honeycomb cross-section; at least one infrared emitting device having a hollow interior, positioned downstream of the outlet in a direction of travel of the wet extrudate material, arranged in a generally cylindrical shape around a perimeter of the wet extrudate material, and configured to uniformly irradiate the perimeter of the wet extrudate material to form stiffened wet extrudate material; and an extrudate support channel configured to receive the stiffened wet extrudate material following passage of the wet extrudate material through the hollow interior of the at least one infrared emitting device; wherein the at least one infrared emitting device is configured to produce infrared emissions having at least one peak emission wavelength and at least one full-width, half-maximum emission wavelength range; wherein the wet extrudate material comprises a plurality of constituents each having an absorption spectrum having at least one peak absorption wavelength and at least one full-width, half-maximum absorption wavelength range; and wherein the at least one full-width, half-maximum emission wavelength range comprises at least one wavelength value within 1 micrometer of a wavelength of the at least one full-width, half-maximum absorption wavelength range of the absorption spectrum of at least one constituent of the plurality of constituents. wet extrudate material; an extrusion die comprising an outlet and configured to continuously form the wet extrudate material comprising a honeycomb cross-section; at least one infrared emitting device having a hollow interior, positioned downstream of the outlet in a direction of travel of the wet extrudate material, arranged in a generally cylindrical shape around a perimeter of the wet extrudate material, and configured to uniformly irradiate the perimeter of the wet extrudate material to form stiffened wet extrudate material; and an extrudate support channel configured to receive the stiffened wet extrudate material following passage of the wet extrudate material through the hollow interior of the at least one infrared emitting device; wherein the at least one infrared emitting device is configured to produce infrared emissions having at least one peak emission wavelength and at least one full-width, half-maximum emission wavelength range; wherein the wet extrudate material comprises a plurality of constituents each having an absorption spectrum having at least one peak absorption wavelength and at least one full-width, half-maximum absorption wavelength range; and wherein the at least one full-width, half-maximum emission wavelength range comprises at least one wavelength value within 1 micrometer of a wavelength of the at least one full-width, half-maximum absorption wavelength range of the absorption spectrum of at least one constituent of the plurality of constituents. at least one infrared emitting device having a hollow interior, positioned downstream of the outlet in a direction of travel of the wet extrudate material, arranged in a generally cylindrical shape around a perimeter of the wet extrudate material, and configured to uniformly irradiate the perimeter of the wet extrudate material to form stiffened wet extrudate material; and an extrudate support channel configured to receive the stiffened wet extrudate material following passage of the wet extrudate material through the hollow interior of the at least one infrared emitting device; wherein the at least one infrared emitting device is configured to produce infrared emissions having at least one peak emission wavelength and at least one full-width, half-maximum emission wavelength range; wherein the wet extrudate material comprises a plurality of constituents each having an absorption spectrum having at least one peak absorption wavelength and at least one full-width, half-maximum absorption wavelength range; and wherein the at least one full-width, half-maximum emission wavelength range comprises at least one wavelength value within 1 micrometer of a wavelength of the at least one full-width, half-maximum absorption wavelength range of the absorption spectrum of at least one constituent of the plurality of constituents.