Abstract: An active pneumatic mechanism and a passive hydraulic mechanism of the apparatus are so connected with each other and with a driven member that movement imparted by the pneumatic mechanism to the driven member produces, and is controllable by restriction of, hydraulic fluid flow within the hydraulic mechanism. Restriction of the fluid flow to any desired extent is accomplished by command signals directed by a control computer to a valve that preferably is of the type actuable by a torque motor. The command signals produced by the computer are based upon a correlation of data supplied by a computer program with data supplied by a monitor of the positions of the driven member along its path of travel. Precise control of the speeds, accelerations and positions of the driven member are realized.

Abstract: An orifice plate mixer for mixing 2 fluids has an axial orifice perpendicular to the plate through which bore a first fluid passes and a port in the internal wall of the orifice through which the second fluid passes. The mixer can impart high turbulence to the first fluid and is especially useful in the sulph(on)ation of organic feedstocks with sulphur trioxide in a recycle loop reactor having said mixer, a pump, a heat exchanger and inlet and outlet for feedstock and reaction products.

Abstract: An orifice plate mixer for mixing 2 fluids has an axial orifice perpendicular to the plate through which bore a first fluid passes and a port in the internal wall of the orifice through which the second fluid passes. The mixer can impart high turbulence to the first fluid and is especially useful in the sulph(on)ation of organic feedstocks with sulphur trioxide in a recycle loop reactor having said mixer, a pump, a heat exchanger and inlet and outlet for feedstock and reaction products.