METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure which is manufactured by superimposing a corrugated plate on a flat plate and winding the obtained superimposed material and the deformation of which is prevented by press-fitting the manufactured honeycomb structure in a vessel and holding the press-fitted honeycomb structure there satisfactorily. SOLUTION: A belt 53 with dividers is rotated while being synchronized with the movement of the corrugated plate 9D and dividers 55, 57, 59, 61 arranged at predetermined intervals on the outer periphery of the belt 53 with dividers are made to get in the valley parts of the corrugated plate 9D successively in such a state that a portion being the edge of the corrugated plate 9D is fixed/held by an end holding tool 63. As a result, the corrugated plate 9D is stretched successively between any of dividers 55, 57, 59, 61 and the end holding tool 63 so that the pitch and height of a corrugated shape of the corrugated plate are made wider and lower stepwise and respectively and finally the edge of the corrugated plate 9D has an almost flat plate-like shape. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT