Patent ID: 8579562

Claim:
A tool holder for a tool to be rotated about an axis of rotation, the tool holder comprising; a clamping shank which, at one end region, has a clamping formation for securing the tool coaxially and, at its other end region has a coupling formation for coaxial coupling to a machine tool, a bracing arrangement connected to the clamping shank which, in an axial bracing section arranged in the axial direction between the clamping formation and the coupling formation, subjects the clamping shank to a bracing force with a bracing-force component acting in the axial direction, wherein, in the bracing section, at least one of the clamping shank and bracing arrangement is designed as a sleeve which encloses the other one of the clamping shank and bracing arrangement coaxially and has an external and/or internal diameter which increases in the direction of its end which is adjacent to the coupling formation, and wherein the clamping formation projects beyond the sleeve and is designed for securing the tool with a shrink fit.