CUTTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CERAMIC PRODUCT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide, by targeting the production of a ceramic product, above all the cutting of multiple small pieces from a virtually cylindrical ceramic-derived honeycomb body, a simpler-than-ever manufacturing apparatus of ceramic small pieces having an automation potential.SOLUTION: The provided manufacturing apparatus of a ceramic product comprises: means of making, by using a single blade 110, 120 at one position along the longitudinal direction of a yet-to-be-fired ceramic-derived rod-shaped material 20 having a longitudinal axis, an incision into the rod-shaped material; and means of forming, by transversely cutting off a single small piece from the rod-shaped material, a transverse section on the small piece and then polishing, while the transverse section abides in the vicinity of the first position, the transverse section by using one profile plane of the blade. An apparatus furnished with a means of polishing, by using the profile plane of a single blade for forming a transverse section on the small piece by making an incision into the rod-shaped material, the transverse section is also provided.