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Extending tool life, recovering raw materials, and ultimately providing customers with a cost advantage: G\u00fchring demonstrates how a modern tool cycle works today, and AUMOVIO benefits from it every day. With the G\u00fchring Tool Circle, the technology company effortlessly recycles its carbide scrap back into the cycle and saves on new purchases\u2014a system that simply works reliably.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ module_class=”gue-page-header” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/guehring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Header_Aumovio_1720x1100px.jpg” alt=”Hartmetall-Recycling bei G\u00fchring: R\u00fccknahme und Wiederverwertung von Hartmetall-Werkzeugen im nachhaltigen Kreislauf” title_text=”Hartmetall-Recycling bei G\u00fchring: R\u00fccknahme und Wiederverwertung von Hartmetall-Werkzeugen im nachhaltigen Kreislauf” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row module_class=”gue-row-text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]In Rheinb\u00f6llen, state-of-the-art brakes for the automotive industry are manufactured on rotary transfer machines. Carbide tools drill holes, cut threads, or mill the contours of the components. As soon as the tools reach the end of their service life, they are sent to the tool maintenance department\u2014specifically to technical support specialists Bernd Rudersdorf and J\u00f6rg Spahn.<\/p>\n
The two examine each tool closely: Is regrinding still possible? If so, it is sent back to the manufacturer via regular mail, explains J\u00f6rg Spahn: \u201cWhen the tools are dull, we send them to G\u00fchring. There, they are regrinded, recoated, and then returned to us.\u201d This standardized process not only ensures technical stability but also enables AUMOVIO<\/a> to make reliable cost estimates. An annual agreement covers the costs. This keeps tool prices predictable, regardless of current market fluctuations or short-term procurement cycles.<\/p>\n The process between AUMOVIO and G\u00fchring has been running smoothly and without the need for coordination for over 20 years. The trust in G\u00fchring is simply there, notes Bernd Rudersdorf: \u201cIf we have any problem, we contact G\u00fchring and together we make sure things are running smoothly again.\u201d[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_class=”gue-row-text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n According to Bernd Rudersdorf, the partnership between G\u00fchring and AUMOVIO is almost \u201chistoric\u201d: \u201cWe\u2019ve actually always used G\u00fchring tools\u2014at least for the 35 years that I\u2019ve been aware of it.\u201d AUMOVIO, with 86,000 employees worldwide, was founded in 2025 from the long-established Continental, which has been manufacturing brake components for renowned automakers, among other things, for decades.<\/p>\n As a new line of business, the company also develops and manufactures autonomous mobile robots. The combination of experience, expertise in large-scale production, and continuous development continues to define the site in Rhineland-Palatinate to this day. However, manufacturing challenges have grown over time, which is precisely why regulated and efficient tool cycles are playing an increasingly important role. This is where another key component of the G\u00fchring Tool Circle comes into play: carbide recycling.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”gue-quotebox-3col-column” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb alt=”Philipp Kunze” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/guehring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GUE_website-pikto_zitat.svg” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201eThe G\u00fchring employees and we make a well-coordinated team. There\u2019s no need for lengthy discussions\u2014everything just runs smoothly, transparently, and professionally.\u201c<\/p>\n Bernd Rudersdorf<\/strong> In the tool maintenance area stands a conspicuous yellow drum bearing the word \u201cG\u00dcHRING\u201d in large black letters. This is where all carbide tool scrap from production ends up. Drills, milling cutters, indexable inserts\u2014everything that has reached the end of its life cycle is collected in the container. As soon as the drum is full, AUMOVIO checks the current carbide price and arranges for G\u00fchring to pick it up. Recycling has been handled regularly by G\u00fchring for about five years. Previously, AUMOVIO worked with various trading partners and tool manufacturers.<\/p>\n However, the experiences were mixed. Sometimes prices fluctuated, sometimes the process was confusing, and often quantities and values had to be renegotiated. \u201cWe always had to haggle with scrap dealers, and in the end we still felt we could have done better,\u201d recalls Bernd Rudersdorf. AUMOVIO was looking for a solution that would save time and offer greater transparency. In the end, he settled on G\u00fchring. Why? \u201cG\u00fchring has the nicest barrels,\u201d jokes Rudersdorf. In fact, he compared carbide prices across different suppliers and found that the differences were very small. The process with G\u00fchring ultimately won him over.<\/p>\n \u201cThe G\u00fchring employees and we are a well-coordinated team. There\u2019s no haggling\u2014it just runs smoothly, transparently, and professionally.\u201d With G\u00fchring\u2019s recycling process, there\u2019s no haggling, as the process follows fixed steps. The filled barrel is picked up and transported to G\u00fchring\u2019s recycling facility in Thurnau, Bavaria. There, G\u00fchring now operates two of its own recycling furnaces and has the largest zinc recycling plant in Germany.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_class=”gue-row-text” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The interplay between regrinding and recycling demonstrates how the tool cycle works in practice within the G\u00fchring Tool Circle<\/a>. Tools are used, regrinded, reused, and finally recycled, becoming part of the material flow once again as raw material. This creates a cycle that reduces material consumption while simultaneously establishing an economically stable foundation for tool supply. Although AUMOVIO uses its own tool management system, it still fulfills three of the four modules of the overall concept: purchasing new tools, regrinding worn tools, and recycling carbide scrap. Last year, AUMOVIO delivered approximately 700 kilograms of carbide scrap to G\u00fchring for recycling. With the 9% Tool Circle bonus, AUMOVIO receives a refund that contributes to the profitability of its manufacturing operations.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row module_class=”gue-row-text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Technical advice and support are also available quickly and directly via our service hotline 00800 2607 2607<\/a>. 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