Patent ID: 8192667

Claim:
A manufacturing apparatus of a honeycomb structure having a plugged portion, comprising: film attaching means for attaching a film to the end face of the honeycomb structure in a state where the side surface portion of the honeycomb structure is not covered, the honeycomb structure having porous partition walls and provided with a plurality of cells partitioned by the partition walls and formed so as to extend through the honeycomb structure from one end face of the honeycomb structure to the other end face thereof; a table portion having a through hole into which the honeycomb structure is to be inserted; positioning means for moving the table portion or the honeycomb structure in a state where the honeycomb structure to which the film is attached is inserted into the through hole, and positioning and holding the table portion and the honeycomb structure to attach the remaining portion of the film to the table portion so that the film attached to the end face has a flat state; hole making means for forming, in the film, holes opened so as to correspond to the openings of a part of the cells; plugging material supply means for supplying a plugging material having fluidity onto the mask provided with the holes or onto the table portion; and filling means for filling the cells with the plugging material supplied onto the mask or the table portion.