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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Silo Fluidizers • Mini Fluidizers • Metal-Detectable Disks • Sanitary Kits • EZ-IN & Fast-Fit Kits • Aeration Controls • Access Doors • Fluidizer Plates • Air Knockers

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Metal-Detectable Silo Fluidizers

Use a detectable disk material where product-contact components are part of your inspection strategy.

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Solimar Metal-Detectable Silo Fluidizers — Manufacturer equipment example. Configuration depends on the selected assembly.

Metal-Detectable Silo Fluidizers for your process

Your job: promote flow while supporting contamination control.

Solimar’s grey metal-detectable disks contain ferrous oxide and are offered for standard and Mini fluidizers. They serve contamination-sensitive food, dairy and pharmaceutical duties. RTS helps align disk choice with your downstream inspection and maintenance plan; detectability must be validated in the actual product and detector.

Example: Review aeration in a dairy-powder hopper where components must support the site’s foreign-material programme.

Also known as: Detectable aeration disks, metal-detectable aerators, magnetic fluidizer disks.

Detectable disk compound

Ferrous oxide is incorporated into the grey disk material.

Standard or Mini

Match the disk format to the vessel geometry rather than selecting on colour alone.

Flow plus inspection

Aeration supports discharge; the site’s detection and inspection programme remains a separate requirement.

How It Works

Match the detectable disk to the hopper and material.

Use aeration to encourage product release.

Validate inspection performance and inspect components at the required intervals.

Typical Materials & Industries

Dairy powders

Discuss product-contact surfaces, inspection access and cleaning exposure.

Food ingredients

Review flour or starch applications alongside downstream metal detection.

Pharmaceutical processing

Confirm material compatibility and documentation required by the process owner.

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

Fluidizer operating principle

This Solimar video explains the shared aeration principle. It does not demonstrate detection sensitivity or specifically test the grey metal-detectable disk.

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Application & Installation Context

Food-handling context from Solimar’s Solutions page. This image is not presented as a verified metal-detectable fluidizer installation. Source: Solimar

Available Configurations

Four-inch standard and two-inch Mini versions are listed by Solimar.
Grey metal-detectable disk material with the appropriate stem and connection.
Review compatibility with the selected mounting kit and cleaning procedure.

Application Questions

How do we select the assembly?

Start with the material and a hopper or vessel drawing. For metal-detectable silo fluidizers, RTS also needs to understand the specific duty: promote flow while supporting contamination control.

What should we send for a review?

What detector is downstream, and how will this component be included in validation? What product, temperature and cleaning chemicals contact the disk?

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.

What detector is downstream, and how will this component be included in validation?
What product, temperature and cleaning chemicals contact the disk?
Is the standard or Mini format appropriate for the hopper curvature?

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