Method for drying honeycomb formed body and method for manufacturing honeycomb structure

A method for drying a honeycomb formed body, the honeycomb formed body being an unfired honeycomb formed body including a raw material composition containing a ceramic raw material and water, and including a cell wall that defines and forms a plurality of cells extended from a first end face as one end face to a second end face as the other end face, the method comprising:

• a dielectric drying process of obtaining a primary dried honeycomb formed body from which 30 to 57% of entire moisture contained in the unfired honeycomb formed body before the drying is removed by performing dielectric drying on the unfired honeycomb formed body while maintaining a temperature of a central portion of the unfired honeycomb formed body at 100° C. or less;
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• a microwave drying process of obtaining a honeycomb dried body from which residual moisture is removed by performing microwave drying on the primary dried honeycomb formed body obtained in the dielectric drying process.