AC Compacting LLC is, and has been, the authorized parts and service supplier for P.I.V. Drives GmbH (formerly known as P.I.V. Antrieb Werner Reimers) variator drive products in North America for over 55 years. Beyond providing parts, chains and drives, we also offer rebuilding for PIV mechanical variable speed drives and straight gear reducers.
This is a typical identification plate found on P.I.V. Werner Reimers, Posirex, Stufenlos, and Posired variable speed drives, gearboxes and reducers. Most of this information is also found on another smaller identification plate affixed to a control lever inside the drive.
When ordering parts, replacement drives or resolving technical issues about the drive, we need to know the following information from the ID plate:
DRIVE TYPE: This is the type of drive. RZ0, AB0, A12 and U0 are examples of drive types, although, there are many, many, other types of drive designations.
SERIAL NUMBER: On Werner Reimers drives, the serial number usually the form of 123456 G1, where 123456 is the first part of the serial number and G1 is the second part of the serial number (some older Werner Reimers drives do not have a G suffix). Other examples are 355 640 G6, 412 045 G12,
512 233, G1, etc.
CHAIN (KETTE) TYPE: This indicates the type of chain found inside the drive. The chain type usually begins with a letter and is followed by a series of numbers and letters. Such as, Rb140, A233V, RB034, A335VQ, RC370, WK2484S. There are many other types of PIV chains available.
There are other fields on the ID plate which we normally do not use when ordering spare parts and replacement drives. We have included these definitions here for your information. N1 is the input RPM, N2 is the output RPM. P2 is the output power in kilowatts and M2 is the output torque in Newton-meters.
AC Compacting is a factory authorized warranty service center and parts distributor. Our services include:
- Ship factory original parts from outt New Jersey service center. Same or next-day delivery is often possible. If not in stock AC Compacting will order parts direct from the manufacturer on an expedited basis.
- Inspect drives, provide estimates and perform repairs at our modern service center. Service can be complete drive rebuilding, or a repair providing factory original parts from stock.
We Repair Other Types of PIV Drives Also
Although we specialize in German PIV drives, we have the capability and expertise to repair virtually any mechanical variable speed drive, including the major domestically produced mechanical PIV variable speed drives and variators.
PIV Drives Are Used In Many Different Industries
These German drives are installed in European and domestic manufactured equipment used heavily in the paper, textile, printing, metalworking, powdered metal and chemical industries. They may, however, be present on virtually any equipment requiring an adjustable speed output or straight gear reduction.
AC Compacting LLC. Maintains close to 1 million dollars in OEM original PIV replacement chains and complete replacement drives. This allows us to provide parts to our customer quickly at a competitive price.
We have the Tools And Expertise to Do the Job Right!
As we mentioned, AC Compacting is the authorized parts and service supplier for P.I.V. Drives GmbH drive products in North America for over 55 years. When it comes to repair of German PIV drives, we are the experts. Being the authorized service facility gives us the access to information, alignment and calibration tools not necessarily available to other repair facilities. Chances are that if a facility other than ours has repaired your German PIV drive, they came to us for parts and information. Come directly to us and you can be assured that the drives will be repaired correctly, at a reasonable price and with the highest quality parts available, PIV OEM parts.
Warranty Service
Being the authorized service center means that if you ever have a warranty claim, you can deal with us directly without having to go back to Germany.
About PIV Drives GmbH
P.I.V. Drives is located about 18 km from Frankfurt, Germany, in the picturesque town of Bad Homburg. The company, formerly known as P.I.V. Antrieb Werner Reimers GmbH, which has over 500 patents, was founded in 1928 by Werner Reimers and is one of the largest drive manufacturers in the world. In 2001 the company changed its to P.I.V. Drives GmbH when it was acquired by the Brevini group.
