Degreasing furnace loading apparatus, and method for manufacturing honeycomb structure
AssigneeIbiden Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakamitsu SAIJO, Kenichiro Kasai
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Abstract
A degreasing furnace loading apparatus including a molded body moving mechanism configured to move a plurality of ceramic molded bodies simultaneously, and a transporting table configured to transport a degreasing jig for mounting the ceramic molded bodies thereon to a degreasing furnace. The molded body moving mechanism is configured to simultaneously place the plurality of ceramic molded bodies on the degreasing jig, such that each of the ceramic molded bodies is placed to have predetermined intervals therebetween.
Claims24
A degreasing furnace loading apparatus comprising:
- a molded body moving mechanism configured to move a plurality of ceramic molded bodies simultaneously;
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- a transporting table configured to transport a degreasing jig for mounting the plurality of ceramic molded bodies thereon to a degreasing furnace,
- wherein said molded body moving mechanism is configured to simultaneously place the plurality of ceramic molded bodies on the degreasing jig, and wherein said molded body moving mechanism is configured to place each of said plurality of ceramic molded bodies to have predetermined intervals therebetween.
A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure, said method comprising:
- forming a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a plurality of cells longitudinally placed in parallel with one another with a partition wall therebetween by molding a ceramic raw material;
- carrying the honeycomb molded body into a degreasing furnace by using a degreasing furnace loading apparatus, wherein the degreasing furnace loading apparatus includes a molded body moving mechanism capable of moving a plurality of honeycomb molded bodies simultaneously and a transporting table that transports a degreasing jig for mounting the honeycomb molded bodies thereon to the degreasing furnace;
- degreasing the honeycomb molded body in the degreasing furnace;
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- firing the degreased honeycomb molded body so that a honeycomb structure comprising a honeycomb fired body is manufactured,
- wherein the carrying of the honeycomb molded body into a degreasing furnace includes:
- placing the plurality of honeycomb molded bodies simultaneously on the degreasing jig using the molded body moving mechanism, each of said the plurality of honeycomb molded bodies being placed to have predetermined intervals therebetween;
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- transporting the degreasing jig into the degreasing furnace using the transporting table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.