Spool valve having a channel

A spool valve, comprising:

• a valve housing, which houses a guide element, in which an axially movable valve spool is arranged, and the valve housing having at least one radial pressure connection and a radial tank connection being axially distanced therefrom, and a working connection, wherein the guide element has at least one pressure connection opening connected to the pressure connection, and the guide element has one tank connection opening, axially distanced from the pressure connection opening and connected to the tank connection, and the guide element has one working connection opening, which is axially positioned between the pressure connection opening and the tank connection opening, and the working connection opening is connected to the working connection, and wherein in the valve housing a partially axially extending connection channel is present, which connects the working connection opening to the working connection, and wherein the connection channel is delimited radially inwards by the outer wall of the guide element and radially outwards by an inner wall of the valve housing, and the connection channel comprises at least one axial partial channel, which, with respect to the pressure connection or the tank connection, is offset by 90° in the circumferential direction, and the axial partial channel at least partially defining a cross-section which has approximately the shape of a circular segment or a crescent, wherein the connection channel is delimited at a height of the pressure connection opening from an axial end of the valve housing, radially inwards by the outer wall of the guide element and radially outwards by an inner wall of the valve housing.