Abstract: The invention relates to a structure for filtering particle-laden gases, of the honeycomb type and comprising an assembly of longitudinal adjacent channels of mutually parallel axes, separated by porous walls, said structure being characterized in that at least one, and preferably all, of the walls joining two vertices of a channel and separating the latter from a contiguous channel has, in cross section and with respect to the center of said channel, at least one concavity and at least one convexity.

Abstract: A device for aligning and/or assembling filtering elements, in particular of particulate filter, an installation for assembling a filter from filtering elements incorporating the device, and a method for aligning and/or assembling monolithic filtering elements, in particular for making a particulate filter. The device includes a back plate whereon are set the filtering elements, the back plate being for example fixed on a base plate, and walls laterally foldable upwards by a folding mechanism, such that the filtering elements are mutually maintained tightly when the walls are in an upper position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a honeycomb structure, made from a porous ceramic material, said structure being characterized in that the porous ceramic material which forms it comprises: from 50 to 95% by weight of silicon carbide SiC; from 5 to 50% by weight of at least one ceramic oxide phase, said structure additionally being characterized by a porosity greater than 10%, by a specific surface area greater than 0.5 m2/g and by a pore size distribution of at least bimodal type. The invention also relates to the process for obtaining such a structure and also to the catalytic support or filter obtained from such a structure, after deposition of a catalyst.