Journal

What is happening at Erlach & Erlach.

1. 12 October 2026“How to get more power out of water”: the FAZ in 2011In 2011 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung presented Josef Erlach’s invention: the horizontal Pelton turbine with up to six nozzles, today the Pelton turbine System Erlach.
2. 30 September 2026Engineering with AI: Making Errors, Keeping the LessonsOur paper for Viennahydro 2026: how we computed two distributors for Pelton turbines with an AI, which 17 errors happened along the way and what they taught us about working together with artificial intelligence.
3. 28 September 2026Engineering with AI: our talk at Viennahydro 2026On 20 November 2026 Philipp Erlach speaks in Laxenburg near Vienna on “Engineering with AI: Making Errors, Keeping the Lessons”: what an AI can compute in turbine engineering and where people are still needed.