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What Can Beacons Be Used For?
Without a doubt, new technologies are becoming a part of our every day environment. Some of them remain either perplexing, or unnoticed. Warning beacons are one of these technologies – they are bright and unmissable, but in many instances can be over looked as...
Critical Use of Beacons in Tunnels
Wouldn’t life be dull without light? We know that light is one of the most important tools for guidance – which is essential for us to see and get us safely from A to B. And now, thanks to the evolution of technology, we are also able to use light for many other...
Why is LED Better?
Without a doubt, Light Emitting Diodes (or commonly known as LEDS) are having a boom in today’s day and age. They are becoming more and more popular as most people utilise them in their everyday lives. LEDS have proved to be by far one of the most superior...
Warning Beacons in the Rail Industry
Beacons have played an important role in safety for so many years. These safety devices are also used as a signalling tool, which are used in a number of conditions, such as guiding vehicles, marine, defensive communication, aerial navigation, rail industry, and many...
Safety and Signals – Colours Explained
Beacons allow people to become well-aware of their surroundings. These devices deliver messages depending on their colour, position, and place and time of use. This is the very reason why it is important to know which colour of beacon is relevant for you....
Navigation Lights in Modern Society
Navigation lights are coloured or white devices that are used for illumination. Most commonly, these tools are found on watercraft, aircraft, spacecraft, among others. They work as visual signalling to provide awareness of status, position and heading across vessels...
Beacon Lights – What is their purpose?
In order to assist people in different places and numerous scenarios, beacons serve the purpose of attracting attention, warning, and making people aware. Beacons provide a notice for anyone who can see them and have different messages that guide people on what to do...
Work Zone Safety: Preventing Accidents Using Beacons
The efficient and safe flow of traffic through the work zones is a main concern to the transportation industry, officials, the public, commercial motor carriers, and businesses. People in different sectors are now working to make work zones function much better...
IP Ratings Explained
The IP Rating System (or Ingress Protection rating) is a scale of how waterproof and airtight an item is, as specified by the International Standard IEC/EN 60529. IP ratings are made up of two numbers; the first being its protection from solid objects, and the second...
How Significant is Aviation Signal Lighting?
Communication plays a very important role in contributing to the safety required in aviation. Aircraft pilots and professional air traffic controllers may need to communicate in order to work efficiently with their job and to avoid accidents in aviation. Signalling...
deegee @ SPS/IPC/Drives 2011 – The stand is ready!
SPS 2011
Given the success of the previous 2 years, SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg has become a regular feature on the deegee exhibition calendar. This years show takes place from Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th November 2011, at the Nurnberg Messe. SPS/IPC/Drives is an exhibition...
deegee sponsors First Aid Course
Deegee was the proud sponsor of a Basic First Aid Training course recently, run by the Diocese of Derby. Hosted by St. George & St. Mary’s Church, Church Gresley, deegee sent 2 employees for refresher and 3 for beginner First Aid training. The remaining 12...
deegee expands support team as sales soar
Everyone at deegee is delighted to welcome Jo Lovatt to the team. Jo started with us a couple of months ago and was really thrown in at the deep-end when the other members of the sales team manned the booth at the Hannover Messe, leaving Jo to “hold the fort”. Jo’s...
International Firex 2011
Exhibiting is such an expensive affair, both in time and money, that we always try and evaluate the benefits of brand awareness and value of new contacts, versus the cost of attending and manning the stand. International Firex 2011 is a show which took us by surprise...
deegee @ Teknologia 2011 – Helsinki – Finland
Teknologia 2011 runs from the 4th to the 6th October 2011 at the Helsinki Exhibition & Conference Centre and comprises 5 exhibitions all under one roof. Automaatio Elkom Eltek Mecatec Hydraliikka deegee distributor Elektro Tukku Oy will be demonstrating a wide...
deegee @ Energetab
ENERGETAB is the largest trade fair of modern appliances, apparatus and technologies for power industry in Poland. The fair takes place in Bielsko–Biala between the 13th and 15th September 2011. It is one of the most important regular meetings of the leading...
deegee @ Alihankinta 2011 – Tampere – Finland
International trade fair for the subcontracting industry on September 13th – 15th 2011 deegee distributor Elektro Tukku will be demonstrating a wide range of our beacons and sounders on their stand A-702. The 2011 international Subcontracting Trade Fair will gather...
International Firex 2011
At the second of the three shows being attended by D. G. Controls Ltd during 2011, we have been very pleased with the number of international visitors to Firex. Whilst listed as an international show, previous years of Firex have predominantly been attended by UK...
deegee @ Elfack 2011 – Gothenburg
Swedish distributor of the deegee beacon and sounder range, Toleka, will be demonstrating the deegee range at ELFACK, at the Svenska Massan (Swedish Exhibition Centre) in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 9th to 13th May 2011. This is the 23rd Elfack exhibition since the...
And all of a sudden it’s all over…
...and the team come back to the UK after a busy week at Hannover Messe 2011. Some very fruitful meetings were held, ideas exchanged, some of our biggest distributors came and spent time with the team, and we picked up some really exciting projects, so in all there...
The show is now open!
The preparation’s done, the displays are polished, the lights are lit and the show is open. It’s the first day of Hannover Messe 2011, and with a busy diary of meetings set for the week, we look forward to sharing some new concepts with you, reviewing your account,...
Final week of preparation for Hannover Messe 2011
Final week of preparation for Hannover Messe 2011 - D. G. Controls (deegee) Hall 17, A30 Months of preparation go into exhibiting at a show such as the Hannover Messe, but with the final push for collating display and marketing material, the construction team will...
deegeebeacons.com – now better on iPad
The big news today is that we've installed the new Onswipe theme for the iPad. So, if you browse to the deegeebeacons.com blog using your iPad you'll get the cool new swipable, rotatable, pinchable interface that looks just like a deegee app would look. Let us know...
XFD/UC/24/SH/2.5J/Colour
In response to enquiries from some of our key customers, deegee has modified the XFD product to accommodate a Universal Current. This opens up new possibilities with this little xenon beacon. Specified at 24V AC and DC, the unit is otherwise the same, housed in the...
STOP PRESS – Hannover Messe 2011 Change of booth
As you will know from our previous blogs, the management team at Hannover Messe have changed the hall for the beacon exhibitors this year, co-locating us with the robotics exhibitors in Hall 17. This is an exciting move for deegee, as many of our beacons are used in...
New Aviation Warning Light Signals The Way
Product development is what drives businesses such as D. G. Controls Ltd forward, and having our own full-time development engineer based at our UK office gives us a reactivity second to none when it comes to developing products to customers’ requirements. ...
Changing Gear For Growth
The deegee team have always been keen to undertake training and new experiences, and Office Manager Lisa Baum leads by example. A 2 day Change Management course set in a beautiful location in Middle Aston, Oxfordshire took Lisa and 8 other delegates from various...
And finally……………all of us here at deegee wish you the very Happiest New Year
After enjoying an extended shutdown over the Christmas period with family and friends, the deegee team is now fully back into the business of 2011, and looking forward to continuing to be one of your best suppliers throughout the year. Wishing you every business...
“Highlighting Industrial Safety” at SPS Drives 2010
After a highly successful re-introduction to the SPS Drives show in 2009, and with the new German deegee distributor Riese Electronic doing a great job in raising the awareness of the deegee brand in the German market, the only response was to “take our stand” again...