steam locomotive valve gear

C34598
concept

A steam locomotive valve gear is a mechanical linkage system that controls the admission and exhaust of steam in the cylinders to regulate the engine’s direction, power, and efficiency.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
steam engine component 1
steam locomotive valve gear canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: steam locomotive valve gear
Generated description
A steam locomotive valve gear is a mechanical linkage system that controls the admission and exhaust of steam in the cylinders to regulate the engine’s direction, power, and efficiency.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Walschaerts
surface form: Walschaerts valve gear
sun-and-planet gear steam engine component