Definition of Walschaert. Meaning of Walschaert. Synonyms of Walschaert

- The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam locomotives, invented by Belgian railway...
- Egide Walschaerts (21 January 1820 – 18 February 1901) was a Belgian mechanical engineer, best known as the inventor of the Walschaerts valve gear used...
- Wim Walschaerts (born 5 November 1972 in Antwerp) is a Belgian former professional footballer who pla**** as a midfielder, mainly in Belgium but also in...
- ****ed with larger tenders and Walschaerts valve gear. This earned this variant of the PB15 engines the nickname Walschaerts. In 1932, a number of PB15 class...
- other component comes from a separate source, usually the crosshead. Walschaerts valve gear - most common valve gear on later locomotives, normally externally...
- mechanically. His invention of a three-cylinder design with only two sets of Walschaerts valve gear, the Gresley conjugated valve gear, produced smooth running...
- remains the only surviving C&NW steam locomotive to be equipped with Walschaerts valve gear. Between 1901 and 1908, the Chicago and North Western (C&NW)...
- which he introduced to Britain. Ivatt was also the first to introduce Walschaerts valve gear to Britain. Ivatt retired on 2 December 1911. He was succeeded...
- After about 1910, the Baker valve gear was the main competitor to Walschaerts valve gear for steam locomotives in the United States. Strictly speaking...
- used Lentz oscillating-cam poppet valves, which were operated by the Walschaert valve gear the locomotives were already equipped with. The poppet valve...