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Aircraft Warning Lights for Tall Buildings
Tall buildings, however interesting or practical, can be seen as a threat to aviation when it comes to safety. Why? The reason is due to the height and location of these buildings. For this reason, authorities have passed an international regulation that such tall...
Warning Signals – Uses and Types
Have you ever noticed bright flashing lights on establishments, roads, or businesses? These are known as warning signals, and no matter what country or town you visit, you’ll always find these lights in public places for safety or security purposes. The reason why...
Audible Warning Signals
Your bedside alarm clock may be far from your best friend, but it serves a purpose - to wake you up. This is a very simple example of an audible signal – audible warning signals and audible alarms are on a completely different scale, which is why it’s important to...
Interesting Facts About Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Light-Emitting Diodes - commonly known as LEDs, are a device that uses semiconductors in order to make light when a current passes over it. An LED light bulb is the most energy efficient bulb on the market today, as it doesn’t emit lots of heat. Actually, it...
Aircraft Warning Lights for Telecommunication Towers
Usually, telecommunication towers are high buildings which are designed for supporting antennas for telecommunication and broadcasting, including television as well as telecommunication. These high towers are threatening to aviation safety because of their location...
IP66 High-Powered LED Beacon NOW available in 48v AC
The Significance of Telephone-Initiated Beacons
When it comes to security and safety, beacons are considered one of the most beneficial devices today. Beacons are used in numerous applications such as power plants, tall buildings or infrastructures, cranes, and vehicles. Furthermore, there are many different kinds...
The Importance of Beacons in Safety & Security
Beacons have played a vital role in safety for many years. Beacon lamps are a signalling tool which are used in numerous conditions, such as in aerial navigation, defensive communications, marine, guiding vehicles and much more. As for seafarers and mariners...
Process Safety Beacons: Preventing Accidents
Accidents can be really hard to prevent, we all know that accidents are very unpredictable. The most common places where accidents happen is on the road, factories, construction sites, industries, and more. One of the most effective preventions of these, or at least...
The Growth of Beacon Technology into Different Sectors
The Next Thing in Beacon Technology? Beacon Use in Transportation Safety is always the number one priority in every industry, especially in regards to transportation as it involves a massive responsibility to travellers security. The use of beacons recently have...
deegee @ HANNOVER MESSE
D. G. Controls Ltd are gearing up once again for the annual International exhibition HANNOVER MESSE located in Germany. Taking place 20th - 24th April 2009, for the deegee team HANNOVER MESSE is a meeting place for our world-wide distributors to come and catch-up...
deegee @ Automaticon, Poland
Deegee’s Polish partner Eltron will be exhibiting the deegee range of beacons at the Automaticon Fair in Warsaw 31.03-03.04.2009. AUTOMATICON® is the most important trade fair for automation, control, measurement and robotics in Poland....
deegee @ Mittalaitepaivat – Helsinki
With a busy year of exhibiting in 2009, Finnish distributor of the deegee beacon range, Elektro-Tukku, are firstly taking the deegee products to Mittalaitepaivat, the MEASURING & Testing Exhibition fair, in Helsinki on 25th and 26th March 2009. This show is...
Mark Todd MP visits D.G. Controls Limited
Mark Todd, MP for South Derbyshire visited D.G. Controls Ltd, the Swadlincote-based manufacturer of deegee beacons and sounders today. After a discussion with D.G. Controls’ Managing Director Jon Whiten at a Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) event at the...
Another first for deegee
D. G. Controls Ltd are delighted to report that Lisa Baum, Sales Team Supervisor, is now a member of the Institute of Leadership Management, having successfully passed the ILM Certificate in First Line Management Level 3. After evaluating a number of supervisory...
Space-Saving 3-in1 Beacon
Continuing to cause a stir in the market are the 3-in-1 beacons from deegee which hold red, amber and green LEDs on the same circuit for multi-status signalling. The low profile of the D and R series housing make them a perfect alternative to tower lamps in industrial...
deegee @ Mocon-Hydromech, Belgium
In October 2008 you will find Inelmatec, the Belgian distributor of deegee beacons, showing the deegee range at MOCON-HYDROMECH, the trade show for Motion Control, Drives & Transmissions. MOCON-HYDROMECH will take place on 14th & 15th October 2008 at the...
deegee @ Tekniikka 2008, Finland
At the end of September 2008 you can see the deegee range being demonstrated again by Elektro-Tukku Oy, the Finnish distributors of the deegee brand of beacons. They are showing the deegee range at Tekniikka 2008, in Jyväskylä from 30th September to 3rd October...
deegee @ SKYDD, Sweden
Toleka, the Swedish distributor of the deegee beacon brand, are exhibiting at SKYDD at ALVSJÖMÄSSAN in Stockholm, from 30th September 2008 until 3rd October 2008. In addition to the fire and emergency DUPLEX products, almost the full deegee beacon and sounder range...
deegee @ Alihankintamessut, Finland
Elektro-Tukku Oy, the Finnish distributors of the deegee brand of beacons, are showing the deegee range at Alihankintamessut 2008, held in Tampere, Finland from 17th to 19th September 2008. This is the international trade fair for the subcontracting industry. More...
deegee @ ECL Belguim
Inelmatec, the Belgian distributor of deegee beacons, is showing the deegee range at the Brussels Expo 17th and 18th September 2008, exhibiting at ECL. ECL is the only event in Belgium that unites the electricity, communication and lighting sectors. For more...
deegee @ Bielsko-Biala, Poland
Deegee’s Polish partner Eltron will be demonstrating the deegee range of beacons at the 21st Bielsko-Biala International Power Industry Fair ENERGETAB 2008 in Biesko-Biala, Poland 16-18.09.2008. Find them at stand location J7. http://www.energetab.pl/l
Send in the big guns!
For the more aggressive environment, the cast aluminium enclosures from the deegee beacon range are perfect. Heavy weight EPC castings, powder-coated white, are available in several sizes: the Q which has a 91 x 95mm foot-print, the M which has a 140 x 150mm...
C-Series launched to great reception
deegee’s recent exhibitions in Hannover and the UK have been the platform for launching the new C-Series range of beacons; and the over-whelming response has been extremely positive and complimentary, both about the styling of the product and the performance and...
Meet and Greet
April proved to be an exceptionally busy time for the deegee sales team, as the same week Jon was in Hannover for the 10th year at Hannover Messe, the UK sales team took deegee to MACH, the machinery exhibition, at the NEC, Birmingham for the 1st time. deegee has...
deegee exhibits at Mach 08
deegee are exhibiting for the first time at Mach 08, at the NEC, Birmingham 21st – 25th April 2008, coinciding with their presence at Hannover Messe, Germany, where they have exhibited for over 10 years. Focussing on the industrial automation sector, deegee will be...
New deegee Beacons Hitting Hannover 2008
deegee is once again exhibiting at Hannover Messe 21 – 25th April 2008. deegee has exhibited at this show for over 10 years, and has always used it as a forum to launch new beacons and sounders to the market. Naturally 2008 proves no exception. A totally new style...
Making the Difference
There are over 4000 beacon and sounder products in the Deegee range, and most of these items are available to dispatch same or next day. We have been told by our customers who already make use of this service that it can make the difference between success and...
EuroLED 2008
Whilst preparing for this year's EuroLED show, 4th-5th June 2008, I fell over a video summarizing last year's event. Of particular interest to us is the number of times that our products were shown. This is confirmation that our range is indeed innovative and of...
Sales Team expansion
Since 2001 D. G. Controls Ltd has been recognised as an Investor in People. Part of this Standard is to develop strategies to improve the performance of the organisation. D. G. Controls Ltd believes that a big part of this is to identify, recognise and develop team...