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Valve gear logo #21000 The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle. It is sometimes referred to as the `motion`. ==Purpose== In the simple case, this can be a relatively simple task as in the internal com.....
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Valve gear

Valve gear logo #22335The valve number per cylinder and the cam number plus its position.
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