Non-adhesive ecologically-pure electroadhesion method of clamping and fixing materials

Apparatus for non-adhesive and ecologically safe electroadhesion method of clamping and fixing materials, the apparatus including one or more electrodes (14, 16) coated with a polymer capable of being polarised and presenting a conformable (for example, flat) surface to the article or articles to be adhered, the polymer having a predetermined plasticity for accommodating any irregularities in the surface of the article or articles to be adhered for minimum presence of gaseous media between the surface of the polymer and the surface of the article/s, and a source of electrical current for charging the elecrode/s and inducing an electrical field on the article/s.