Choosing the right warning signal for a particular environment is easy if you know where to start.
Different Warning Signal Applications
Warning signals are generally used to increase safety in a certain area or location. They also help to prevent accidents in particular situations. They can be used in such a wide variety of different applications, including marine and industrial premises, automotive, as well as fire alert.
1. Warning Signals For Industrial and Marine
Warning signals that are intended for industrial and marine usage more often than not, need to be heavy duty. Since marine and industrial environments can be hazardous, it’s important to consider a product that can withstand the harshest kind of weather conditions, shock, and strong vibration.
Factory shop floors, loading bays, and large warehouses are only some of the examples of industrial premises. For marine premises, ports, docks, and general offshore use are some of the best examples.
2. Automotive Warning Signals
Warning signals are also used in automotive technology.
Quite commonly, warning beacons are fitted to forklift trucks, to alert the factory floor, or other team members that the vehicle is moving. When slow-moving vehicles such as forklift trucks travel the road, warning signals will allow other vehicles to slow down or avoid them. Slow-moving vehicles with poor safety measures like warning signals can cause road accidents. Yellow or amber warning signals or lights are installed to these kinds of vehicles because this colour can easily catch attention. But unlike red warning signals, yellow or amber warning signals are only suitable for a stationary or slow-moving vehicle while red and blue warning signals are for emergency vehicles like ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks.
3. Fire Warning Signals
Another use for warning signals is to alert people in case of fire. These warning signals are usually installed in commercial buildings as well as other establishments that require added safety measures such as hospitals and schools.
These signals are often fitted to the ceiling, as well as marking fire exit routes, assembly points, and doors to guide people in the event of a fire. Fire warning signs may also point to the location of fire extinguishers along with other fire-fighting equipment.
Things To Consider When Choosing A Warning Signal For An Environment
Here are some of the things to consider when selecting the correct warning signal for the intended environment.
– Noise ambient level/ existing light
– Potentially explosive or safe atmosphere
– The duration needed for the beacon to operate
– The ambient temperature
– The available electrical supply
– The IP or Ingress Protection needed by the signal enclosure