A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structured body, comprising:
- molding ceramic raw materials to manufacture a pillar-shaped honeycomb molded body having a multitude of cells placed in parallel in the longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween;
- firing said honeycomb molded body;
- bonding a plurality of said honeycomb fired bodies together by interposing an adhesive layer to manufacture a honeycomb structured body comprising an aggregated honeycomb structured body;
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- inspecting a shape of the honeycomb structured body, wherein the inspection of the shape of the honeycomb structured body comprises:
- measuring the shape of said honeycomb structured body in the longitudinal direction through the steps comprising:
- preparing a contact measurement member, the contact measurement member comprising
- a reference surface;
- two support members installed perpendicular to the reference surface;
- a measurement probe including a rail disposed perpendicular to said reference surface, a contacting probe configured to move along said rail, and a displacement gauge for measuring an amount of the movement of the contacting probe;
- a measuring probe support plate suspended parallel with the reference surface and positioned between the two support members and configured to ascend and descend along the two support members while maintaining being parallel with the reference surface probe in a direction perpendicular to said reference surface;
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- wherein the measurement probe includes a plurality of measurement probes supported by the measurement probe support plate and configured to penetrate through the measurement probe support plate;
- contacting a first end face of said honeycomb structured body with said reference surface;
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- moving said measurement probe in a direction toward said reference surface and perpendicular to said reference surface by moving said contacting probe along the rail of the measurement probe so that said contacting probe contacts with a second end face of said honeycomb structured body, wherein the contact measurement member is configured to have each measurement probe in contact with an end face of each honeycomb fired body on the second end face of said honeycomb structured body at the same time.