Patent ID: 7687013

Claim:
A method for firing a ceramic molded body comprising: mounting a ceramic molded body on a bottom member; attaching a sidewall member to said bottom member on which said ceramic molded body is mounted to assemble a firing jig, said firing jig being comprised of said bottom member and said sidewall member; and firing said ceramic molded body by allowing said firing jig which has the ceramic molded body being mounted thereon to pass through the inside of a firing furnace, using a circulating apparatus that comprises: a firing jig assembling apparatus which includes a robot arm, and a table or a conveyor for placing the firing jig thereon with the ceramic molded body being mounted on said firing jig upon firing the ceramic molded body, a lid member being attached to the firing jig that mounts said ceramic molded body thereon on said table or said conveyor; the firing furnace used for firing the ceramic molded body mounted on the firing jig; a firing jig disassembling apparatus which includes a robot arm, and a table or a conveyor for placing thereon a firing jig to which a lid member is attached, with a ceramic molded body being mounted on said firing jig upon firing the ceramic molded body, said lid member attached to said firing jig being detached on said table or said conveyor; and a transporting conveyor that transports by machines at least either one of the lid member that is detached in said firing jig disassembling apparatus and the firing jig from the firing jig disassembling apparatus to said firing jig assembling apparatus, wherein said firing jig assembling apparatus comprises: a lid member attaching mechanism that attaches said lid member by using said robot arm to a predetermined position of said firing jig placed on said table or said conveyor; and a jig delivering mechanism that delivers the firing jig which has said ceramic molded body being mounted thereon and the lid member being attached thereto, to said firing furnace, said firing jig disassembling apparatus comprising: a jig receiving mechanism that receives the firing jig which has said fired ceramic molded body being mounted thereon with the lid member being attached thereto, from said firing furnace; and a lid member detaching mechanism that detaches said lid member by using said robot arm from the firing jig placed on said table or said conveyor with the lid member being attached thereto.