Patent ID: 7182899

Claim:
A manufacturing method for manufacturing ceramic electronic components, comprising: forming a stack body by stacking ceramic green sheets and conductive layers on top of each other; disposing the stack body between a frame and a die member; moving the frame toward the die member to cause the frame to punch into the stack body, and then holding the frame in the stack body; locating a pressing force applying member inside the frame, the pressing force applying member and the frame being movable independently of each other; and while the frame is held in the stack body, applying a pressing force to a portion of the stack body located inside the frame by causing the pressing force applying member located inside the frame to press against the portion of the stack body located inside the frame, to thereby form a high-density structure inside the frame while preventing the high-density structure from deforming outwardly beyond the frame in a direction parallel to the surface of the high density structure.