A continuous process for the manufacture of silicone copolymer utilizing at
least one static mixing plug flow reactor, and optionally two static
mixing plug flow reactors in a series or parallel. Silicone copolymers
produced in accordance thereof are substantially free of unreacted
hydrogen siloxane starting material and may be used without further
purification. The static mixing plug flow reactor contains static mixing
elements capable of creating eddies and vortices of sufficient intensity
that a biphasic liquid mixture such as a hydrogen siloxane fluid and an
polyether olefinic reactant, undergoes shearing of the droplets of each
material so that one phase disperses into another to provide intimate
contact between the two phases to allow the reaction to proceed.