Patent ID: 8240047

Claim:
An assembling method for a metal honeycomb-shaped catalyzer carrier comprising a honeycomb body comprising a belt plate having a corrugated portion provided in at least part thereof in a longitudinal direction; and a longitudinal central portion, the method comprising the steps of: holding the central portion of the belt plate in a widthways direction of the belt plate by a holding member; after holding the central portion of the belt plate, bending the belt plate by linearly displacing a first bending die toward and into contact with the belt plate so as to press the belt plate into abutment with the holding member to cause the belt plate to bend about the holding member, wherein the first bending die is linearly displaced from a first position where a distal end of the first bending die is disposed on a first side relative to a rotational center of the holding member, to a second position where the distal end of the first bending die is disposed on a second side relative to the rotational center of the holding member, said second side being opposite to said first side; after bending the belt plate by making the belt plate abut the holding member, rotating the holding member about its rotational center so as to wind the belt plate; and pressing the wound belt plate towards the rotational center of the holding member from outside so as to form the wound belt plate into a substantially cylindrical shape.