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A significant part in the structure of production costs associated with restoring the current operability of locomotive wheels by processing on the KJ20 machine is amounted by tool costs. The cost of the tool, especially hard-alloy, is constantly increasing. The restoration of the working capacity of hard-alloy cutting elements is carried out by turning them in the tool holder (knife) at a certain angle around the axis of this element. The new technique for the effective use of special shaped mills is based on determining the rational angle of rotation of the cutting elements. A promising direction for the use of cutting elements is also the restoration of the properties of worn elements for their reuse. EDM processes are especially effective in tool production in the manufacture of special tools. The authors developed and proposed a technology for restoring the working capacity of cutting elements that have already worked out their resources. The technology proposed by the authors makes it possible to introduce a system of cost-effective and rational operation for the use of part of worn out, but suitable for restoration, replaceable cutting elements, for their reuse in the repair of the working surface of wheelsets of rail vehicles on KJ20 machines.