Patent ID: 8282385

Claim:
A die comprising molding grooves arranged in a lattice pattern and moldable-material-supplying holes communicating with said molding grooves for molding a ceramic honeycomb structure, said molding grooves having width of 0.05-0.5 mm, said moldable-material-supplying holes being arranged in every intersecting portions of said molding grooves, or in every other intersecting portions of said molding grooves in a checkerboard pattern, center axes of said moldable-material-supplying holes being dislocated from the centers of the intersecting portions of said molding grooves, and an average distance between the centers of the intersecting portions of said molding grooves, at which said moldable-material-supplying holes are arranged, and the center axes of said moldable-material-supplying holes being 10-100 μm.