Floating clamp for clamping a workpiece in a
processing machine with a first wedge bar (52, 104, 204) and a second wedge bar (62, 106, 206), and a
piston (70, 130, 230, 342) which is designed to exert a pushing movement in the pushing direction (20, 80, 140, 240) for clamping the workpiece, wherein the first wedge bar (52, 104, 204) is movably received in a first recess in a first support bolt (110, 210) and the second wedge bar (62, 108, 208) is movably received in a second recess in a second support bolt (112, 212), the first wedge rod (52, 104, 204) and the first recess are directed at a first
wedge angle to the thrust direction (20, 80, 140, 240) which is greater than 0°, and the second wedge rod (62, 108, 208) and the second recess are directed at a second
wedge angle to the thrust direction (20, 80, 140, 240) which is greater than 0°, a first clamping means (120, 220) is assigned to the first support bolt (110, 210) and a second clamping means (122, 222) is assigned to the second support bolt (112, 212), and the first wedge rod (52, 104, 204) and the second wedge rod (62, 108, 208) are connected to the
piston (70, 130, 230, 342) via a rotatably mounted
cross connection (72).