Ice clamping devices use a cooling medium as it is commonly applied to a deep freezer. The latent heat of evaporation of the cooling medium contained in a closed coolant circuit is used. The cold gas passes through a labyrinth of channels in the machine table bringing its temperature to about -8C. Both the machine and the workpieces are covered with a fine film of water using a water atomizer. This causes the workpiece to stick to the machine table within approximately 15-60 seconds.
