A method of holding a dried honeycomb structure 8, which is a honeycomb
structure after a drying process and before a firing process, when a ceramic honeycomb
structure in which bulkheads forming a number of cells are disposed in the form
of a honeycomb is manufactured with a manufacturing method including a extruding
process, the drying process, and the firing process. A chuck 1 having a
plurality of claws 10 is used and the plurality of claws 10 are allowed
to come into contact with an outer periphery 89 of the dried honeycomb structure
8 so that the direction of the pressure F applied to the dried honeycomb
structure 8 by the claws is substantially parallel with the bulkheads 81.
