{"id":725,"date":"2025-08-02T03:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T03:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/?post_type=proyecto&#038;p=725"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:28:34","slug":"san-carlos-colombia","status":"publish","type":"proyecto","link":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/en\/proyecto\/san-carlos-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"San Carlos Hydroelectric Funiculars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Carlos Hydroelectric power station is one of the largest energy generators in the country, representing approximately 12% of the total energy generated in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These types of hydroelectric power plants have tunnels through which cables are laid to transport the generated energy to the power substations. The San Carlos Hydroelectric power station has two of these tunnels, each approximately 280 meters long, in which funiculars are installed to transport personnel who perform maintenance on the various structures and components located along the tunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These funiculars were installed in 1980, so their structure and technological equipment were outdated at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Between 2023 and 2024, INTECKNO carried out an inspection and diagnosis of the components of both funiculars to determine their condition, a magneto-inductive inspection of the hauling rope and carried out a process of repowering and renewal of components that included:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renovation and repowering of the funicular control cabinets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installation of new electrical cabinets equipped with screens in the lower area of \u200b\u200bthe inclined branches, allowing system users to identify the different operating variables of the funiculars from this location, without needing to access the upper area of \u200b\u200bthe inclined branches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installation of new safety sensors to prevent derailment of the cabins at the ends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and implementation of electrical power supply in vehicles through batteries, providing 110V low amperage sockets, internal cabin lighting, safety sensors for door opening and for vehicle weight control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automatic electric charging systems for vehicle batteries, installed at the ends of inclined branches, allowing the batteries to be charged when the vehicle reaches the parking areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upgrade and implementation of a wireless control system that allows the funicular to be controlled from the cabin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design and implementation of a platform on the roof of the cabins to allow work to be carried out safely on the different components installed on the inclined branches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renewal of the main engines of both funiculars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repainting of the vehicles of both funiculars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Installation of a radio telephone communication system through the inclined branches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":1238,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-725","proyecto","type-proyecto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/proyecto\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/proyecto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/proyecto"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inteckno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}