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Reconditioning: How it works
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Our reconditioning service restores worn solid carbide tools to their original quality, extending tool life, reducing costs and making your production more sustainable.
And now, your next order is just clicks away. With our reconditioning portal, placing and tracking orders is as simple as using your favourite webshop.
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These are more than tools. They're investments in quality, in time, in performance. With every cut, they deliver value. And a worn edge isn't the end. Get your tools back to full performance with our global reconditioning service. Traceable, cost-effective and remanufactured to original performance. The process starts online at the Sandvik Coromant website by accessing the reconditioning portal. From there, you can instantly receive a quote and book your pickup, making it quick and easy to return your tools for expert restoration. Once scheduled, the tools are collected and sent to the nearest Sandvik Coromant reconditioning centre. Fredrik Holmgren , reconditioning manager in Gimo, Sandvik Coromant. So when the tools arrive to the reconditioning centre, we're starting to open up the reconditioning box, sort the tools out, do a rough inspection, and then we start the order preparation. We do the laser marking on the shank, so we can keep a track on the tool in the whole of the reconditioning flow. When that's done, we send the tools further down the process to the grinding machines, where we put in most of the value of the reconditioning process by regrinding the tools in our grinding machines. When that's done, we use the PVD coating here in Gimo, down at the Insert Factory, to apply the new coating. Then the tools will arrive back to the reconditioning centre. We will inspect the tool in the microscope to see if everything is according to standard. After that, we pack the tools in our original package, put it in the reconditioning box, and send it back to the customer. With controlled wear, this process can be repeated numerous times, with a 100% quality guarantee. This is circularity in action. One tool, multiple life cycles, less waste, greater return on your investment. This isn't just theory. At our own Gimo production site, reconditioning isn't an option, it's standard practice. Hello, my name is Claes Nord, and I am a visitor experience specialist here at Sandvik Coromant Gimo. I'd like to talk a little bit about reconditioning in our own production unit. This might sound weird, but the plant here in Gimo is actually Sandvik Coromant Sweden's biggest customer. You heard right. So we buy our tools from our own sales organisation. But we also recondition our drills and mills. And we have been doing that for years. And why do we do that? Well, first of all, it is really, really good for the environment. But second of all, it's extremely good for our wallet, meaning your wallet. You can save a lot of money when it comes to tool costs by reconditioning your tools. And here in Gimo, as I said, this is for us very, very important. And we have reconditioning collection points throughout the plant. The plant is actually divided into different flow groups. And the flow groups are divided into different machining cells. And each of these cells, they have their own reconditioning collection point. So we collect all the tools in the production. We don't have a very long transportation. We actually transport the reconditioning tools with the AGVs, the automated guided vehicles, straight out to the reconditioning facility. The reconditioning process can be repeated several times, extending the life of each tool. When it can no longer be restored, the carbide is recycled and reintroduced into production, ensuring valuable material is never wasted. Learn more about how we recover, reuse and recondition at sandvik.coromant.com.