To provide a cleaning method by which a mask for sealing a honeycomb structure can be satisfactorily cleaned.
The cleaning method, the method being a method for cleaning the mask 1 that has a plurality of through-holes 5 running through the thickness direction D1 thereof from a top surface 1a to a bottom surface 1b, is provided with the following steps: a step wherein a cleaning solution is supplied to the top surface 1a and bottom surface 1b of the mask 1; a step wherein the mask 1, with the cleaning solution adhered to the top surface 1a and bottom surface 1b thereof, is conveyed in a conveyance direction D2 perpendicular to the thickness direction D1 of the mask; a first drying step wherein drying air 42a is supplied to the top surface 1a of the conveyed mask 1 in the axial direction of the through-holes 5; and a second drying step wherein drying air 42b is supplied to the top surface 1a and bottom surface 1b of the conveyed mask 1 in a direction D7 angled towards the upstream side of the conveyance direction D2 with respect to the thickness direction D1.
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MORI MASAHARU
Yoshinori Shimizu
Takashi Mikami
Tomoya Furoshita