Solimar Air Pads & Material Flow Solutions for Silos, Bins & Hoppers

Improve Powder Discharge | Reduce Material Hang-Ups | Simplify Maintenance

Is material bridging over the outlet, forming a central flow channel, or clinging to the hopper walls? Rate Technology Systems helps review your material, vessel geometry and operating conditions to select an appropriate Solimar solution. Explore disk fluidizers, pneumatic air knockers, external installation kits, sanitary mounting options and aeration controls for dry bulk handling applications.

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Air Knockers

Apply intermittent pneumatic impact where sticky or compacted material needs help releasing.

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Solimar Air Knockers — Manufacturer equipment example. Configuration depends on the selected assembly.

Air Knockers for your process

Your job: release material clinging to the vessel wall.

A Solimar air knocker uses a piston to strike a base plate and transmit an impact into the mounted equipment. Unlike a disk fluidizer, it acts on the vessel wall without introducing aeration air into the product. RTS reviews adhesion, wall construction and mounting before proposing a model.

Example: Address clinging material in a dust hopper where a timed impact may be more suitable than continuous vibration.

Also known as: Pneumatic knockers, air hammers, impact flow aids.

Intermittent impact

Pneumatic piston action helps dislodge clinging or compacted deposits.

Adjustable force

Input air pressure is used to vary the impact within the model’s limits.

Remote sequencing

Relay piping can allow several knockers to operate from one control valve.

How It Works

Charge the pneumatic operating chamber.

Use the valve cycle to drive the piston into the base plate.

Transmit the selected impact through the approved mounting.

Typical Materials & Industries

Dust & waste-treatment hoppers

Solimar lists dust hoppers and waste-treatment applications.

Powder handling

Review wall deposits and compacted material rather than assuming all powders need aeration.

Process equipment

Discuss dryers and other industrial applications identified in the selection manual.

Suitability depends on the specific material and installation. RTS reviews flow behaviour, geometry, operating conditions and the process requirements together.

Solimar air knocker operation

Solimar introduces pneumatic impact operation and the air knocker’s role in releasing material. Model and mounting selection remain application-specific.

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Application & Installation Context

Manufacturer operating-principle diagram showing piston impact. This is a process illustration, not a customer installation photograph. Source: Solimar

Available Configurations

KNR-series indirect-impact models and other arrangements shown in the selection literature.
Size and quantity selected around wall geometry, thickness and adhesion.
Discuss the mounting base, valve arrangement, air supply and operating sequence.

Application Questions

How do we select the assembly?

Start with the material and a hopper or vessel drawing. For air knockers, RTS also needs to understand the specific duty: release material clinging to the vessel wall.

What should we send for a review?

Where does material cling, and how is it currently removed? What are the wall material, thickness, shape and supporting structure?

Can this be fitted to existing equipment?

Send photographs and dimensions of the existing mounting and nearby equipment. RTS will coordinate a fit review before a replacement or new mounting arrangement is proposed.

PDF Literature & Technical Resources

Use the model-specific instructions for installation and maintenance. RTS can help confirm the selected assembly against the current application.

Discuss Your Application with RTS

Send a photo or drawing and tell us what happens during discharge. RTS can help narrow the options and coordinate the application review with Solimar.

Where does material cling, and how is it currently removed?
What are the wall material, thickness, shape and supporting structure?
What cycle frequency and remote-control arrangement are required?

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