Patent ID: 8110139

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure, said method comprising: manufacturing a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a large number of cells disposed in parallel with one another in a longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween by extrusion-molding a raw material composition including a ceramic powder and a binder; carrying out a firing treatment on said honeycomb molded body to manufacture a honeycomb fired body; providing a plurality of said honeycomb fired bodies; holding both end faces of each of the plurality of said honeycomb fired bodies with a holding member after positioning the plurality of said honeycomb fired bodies on a predetermined position; injecting an adhesive paste into a gap between the plurality of said honeycomb fired bodies held on the predetermined position; and drying and solidifying said adhesive paste to form an adhesive layer, wherein said holding comprises: placing said plurality of honeycomb fired bodies on each mounting face of a plurality of mounting members each having the mounting face so that the honeycomb fired bodies are placed in parallel with one another in said longitudinal direction; holding both end faces of each of the honeycomb fired bodies with the holding member after positioning each of the honeycomb fired bodies on the mounting face of a single mounting member on the predetermined position, and subsequently moving said single mounting member to another place; holding both end faces of each of the honeycomb fired bodies with a holding member after positioning each of the honeycomb fired bodies on a mounting face of an other mounting member on the predetermined position directly under said held honeycomb fired body; and thereafter, repeatedly moving the mounting member after holding the honeycomb fired body to an other place and repeatedly holding the honeycomb fired body on a mounting face of an other mounting member, to position and hold a required number of the honeycomb fired bodies on the predetermined position.