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Your Guide To Beacon Lights
Beacon lights can be found almost everywhere. They have become a part of our daily lives, but most of us are still not aware of their importance. Different types of beacon lights can each have their own unique uses. Each of these plays an important role in different...
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...
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...
ISO 9001:2008 – A Quality Achievement
Following a thorough DQS:UL audit today at our Swadlincote, UK facility, D.G. Controls Ltd are delighted to announce that the Company has transitioned successfully to meeting the new ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) Certification. D.G. Controls Ltd has...
deegee at SPS/IPC/Drives 2010
23rd to 25th November sees D. G. Controls back at SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremburg, Germany. Open from Tuesday until Thursday, with extended hours on Tuesday and Wednesday until 7pm, SPS/IPC/DRIVES is the exhibition for electric automation technology. It covers all...
Hannover 2010
After a series of very fruitful meetings at the Hannover Messe 2010 in April, we are delighted that first product training took place at the premises of our newest distributor in August. We shall be announcing details in due course, but have been discussing...
NVQ Success Shines Through
D. G. Controls Ltd has been an Investor in People for 10 years this year, and still takes its certification seriously, part of which is providing training as necessary to develop individuals in their roles. It is therefore our great pleasure to congratulate Angie...
MACH 2010
At its second exhibition of 2010, June saw D. G. Controls back at MACH, the UK’s leading manufacturing technologies exhibition. Held at the NEC Birmingham, MACH is recognised as a shop window for all types of machines and equipment used in engineering based...
MACH 2010
This week sees D. G. Controls back at MACH. Open from Monday 7th till Friday 11th June at the NEC Birmingham, MACH is the UK's leading manufacturing technologies exhibition, and is a shop window for all types of machines and equipment used in engineering based...
Icelandic Volcano Ash – Hannover 2010
Preparations for this year's show in Hannover are progrssing very well, including the stand being built by the on-site team. All the kit is on site and the team are on schedule for a Sunday hand-over. However, due to the ongoing and ever changing situation with...
It’s that time of year again when all is in full swing…
It’s that time of year again when all is in full swing getting ready for the Hannover Messe 2010. Having had a great response to our 2009 location, you can once again find deegee in Hall 8 Stand B02. Running from 19th – 23rd April 2010, Hannover Messe has always been...
9 – Series M
Series M is the heavy-duty cast aluminium version of the Series L enclosure. Incorporating the thick-walled Series L lens, with its optimised external lens ribbing for enhanced long-range visibility, Series M is well-suited to rugged or harsh environments. The...