News
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...
Beacon Signalling Lights: Marine Industry
Mariners require better and in fact, more powerful safety measures that can keep them notified and safe in their every movement at sea. Large ships travelling into existing channels greatly needs stronger signalling lights to guide them safely along the way. Since a...
The Importance of Industrial Safety
Guides have assumed an imperative job in safety for a long time. Beacon point lights are flagging instruments which are utilized in various conditions, for example, in elevated route, guarded interchanges, marine, managing vehicles and significantly more. Concerning...
Beacons & Industrial Evolution
Evolution is referred to as the steady development of a particular thing or item, specifically from a simple to a more multifaceted form. Furthermore, it isn’t just available or restricted to living organisms, but to the non-living things too. As a...
Advantages & Disadvantages Of Factory Automation Infrastructure
In the manufacturing industry, the profitmaking sustainability relies very much on the production of its product. Moreover, the systems used in manufacturing are included in this aswell. Irrespective of the technology used in the process, the primary principles...
Telephone Initiated Beacons
Beacons are getting more and more popular, and are becoming a necessity in many cases. In fact, there are so many types of beacons on the market today to choose from - one of the popular types of beacons being used more and more are the telephone-initiated beacons....
Loading Bays and The Transport Industry
According to research, it has been estimated that about 25% of all warehouse and factory accidents occur in loading bay areas, which makes it one of the most dangerous places in the transport industry. This isn’t surprising if you consider the volume of traffic, as...
Audible Warning Signals And Their Benefits
With the help of technology, the prevention of incidents or accidents is made possible, including the evolution of warning signals and safety signs. These warning signals are used in an audio and visual form, and are usually found in places where there is lots of...
The Benefits of Beacons in the Construction Industry
We use technology in our every day lives, making things easier and more efficient, without even realizing. One of those devices is the warning beacon, however, not everyone is familiar with the use of it. A beacon is a visible device that is designed to draw...
Beacons in Construction
As I’m sure you’d agree, it would be extremely difficult for us to spend a day without technology, as it is already part of our day to day living. For example, whenever we go somewhere new, we will immediately look down to our phones and open maps instead of trying on...
News – June 2014
Our range of Status Indicators have become an increasingly popular, effective and affordable solution to all Traffic Management issues! This line of products has continued to grow over the years, and our 2 traffic light signals featured have been tried and tested on...
The ISB-T Combined Sounder Beacon is now IP66 rated!
We are pleased to announce that our ISB-T Combined Sounder Beacon is now IP66 rated. Following a request from one of our overseas distributors dealing with a large upcoming project, we had the ISB-T retested to IP66 which now makes it suitable for even more...
Sounders & Sirens
Electronic Sounders IP65 rated, 64 tone electronic sounders, with a maximum output of 114 dB. 3 different models available, IAS-C, IAS-E & IAS-T, offering different sized, shaped and coloured housings to cater for all requirements, with all 3 models having the...
News – May 2014
In-House Development. What a busy April..... Our in-house development team have been working closely with some of our overseas distributors during much of this month, challenging their years of experience and knowledge! The main focus during April has been...
Day 5
Well here we are then, the end of the 5 days of Live Below the Line. It’s been an over-whelming week both in terms of encouragement and in sponsorship from our friends and family. As I write this, the total you have donated to Tearfund stands at £362. I’d set...
Day 4
Today has been a great test of will-power as a group of friends came to our house and were treated to tea and biscuits whilst I had water. But being for such a fabulous cause, and it leading to more conversations about the whole food and money issue made it...
techNOTE – Beacon Installation
The latest in our 2014 techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application. The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options....
Day 3
I am seriously trying to rationalise that if the last Mini Egg stays in Sebastian’s bowl for too much longer without getting eaten, is this the same as me scrabbling in the bins for free food? – So therefore I CAN EAT IT?!! Needless to say, I am finding it a little...
Day 2
Day 2 started with thanks for thriftiness on Day 1! Having decided on today’s meals I was gutted to find the intended breakfast item, Basics Low Fat Yoghurt 4-pack at £0.33 was out of stock. With three little boys needing to get to school and only 15 minutes...
Day 1
So today was the day, the first of the 5-day long Live Below the Line challenge. An initiative conceived by The Global Poverty Project, the idea is to eat and drink on just £1 per day per person, the World Bank’s definition of “extreme poverty.” It is estimated that...
Multifunction Settings on our LED Beacons
With LED lighting becoming increasingly popular as a long lasting solution, it is important to us that our LED beacons have evolved to suit a wide variety of applications for which LED lighting is now being specified. This is why we now offer multifunction...
Live Below the Line 2014
Many of you will remember in 2013 when I and our three little boys took part in Live Below the Line. The challenge was to eat and drink for £1 per day per head for 5 days. We found it a revealing and interesting experience, and one which still shapes how we...
techNOTE – Sirens and Sounders
The latest in our 2014 techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application. The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options....
Battery Operated LED Warning Beacon
Our battery operated LED emergency beacon is shock resistant, waterproof and durable. It contains 16 high powered LEDs and offers 9 different light patterns, with a minimum run time of 5 hours and a maximum run time of 60 hours, depending on light pattern selected....
News – April 2014
Well Done D.G. Controls! Thanks to our great customers and great orders, D.G. Controls have had a great start to the year! With sales ahead of predicted targets for this first quarter of 2014, we continue to strive ahead with our products and customer service helping...
techNOTE – Coding Principles of Beacons and Indicators
The latest in our 2014 techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application. The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options....
Beaconlamps
Because Every Alarm Cries Out Needing Light Adding More Priority to Sound
Product Range
As manufacturers of the UK’s largest range of visual and audible warning signals, we are excited to remind you of what our range now includes: • Aviation Warning Beacons – complying with ICAO Annex 14 requirements • Battery Operated Beacons –...
techNote – Ingress Protection
The latest in our 2014 techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application. The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options....
techNote – How it works – Xenon Strobe Beacons
The third in our 2014 techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application. The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options....