Clamping Apparatus and Arrangement of Such a Clamping Apparatus with a Collet

A clamping apparatus like a chuck or the like, for accommodating a multipart collet for clamping a workpiece in place, said clamping apparatus comprising a housing and a collet receptacle assigned to said housing, said collet receptacle having a guide device and guide surfaces, on which said collet is movably guided in an axial direction of said clamping apparatus, said guide device having rolling elements on said guide surfaces, wherein a plurality of rolling elements is jointly and continuously arranged on a rolling element holder and is movable together with said rolling element holder in said guide device from an initial position, in which said rolling elements are at a maximum distance from an interior of said clamping apparatus, into said clamping apparatus, wherein a restoring device is provided for said rolling element holder, with a direction of action out of said clamping apparatus in a direction of movement of said rolling elements along said guide surfaces, in order to move said rolling elements into said initial position when no collet is in contact with said guide surfaces or said rolling elements.