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The roles of ICAO & FAA in Aviation
Rules and regulations are crucial to avoid chaos and danger. They help outline what a person can or cannot do. They exist to sustain equity, protect people from each other, promote certain values and to provide goods and services. It also offers protection to victims...
Beacon & Combined Alarm Sounders
A single alarm warning may not be enough to provide safety to an entire manufacturing works. Now there is a solution to this in the form of an audiovisual alarm. This is an audible and visual warning suitable to work in an emergency situation, which is...
How does Factory Automation help the Manufacturing Industry?
Many companies already prove how automation changes their production in several positive ways. It makes them more competitive in the industry by simply having a changed mindset. Some think automation is just good for larger scales while in fact, every workplace...
Warning Lights in Aviation
Air flight paths at night must be more visible to reduce potential collisions. Beacon lights help to provide a warning light to airborne aircraft – for this application they are available in either red or white for increased visibility. FAA/ICAO Lighting Requirements...
The Importance of Beacons on Cranes
Beacons constantly aim for safety, hence the on-going innovation of these products. They play a vital role in the use of cranes. Although cranes have become a necessity within the construction industry, they can also bring a possible danger to airborne traffic....
Beacons Towards Construction & Safety
Many large companies are now partnering with beacon technology in operating a business. They offer solutions for businesses beyond what people can do, which happens to be not well understood by many. The purpose of beacons, or warning lights, is to ensure the safety...
How Factory Automation Can Help the Manufacturing Industry
The benefits of emerging technology cannot be denied when it comes to the manufacturing industry. Factory productions have improved since investments into fully automated systems have increased. The transition towards factory automation is a hugely beneficial...
PSU/LED Product Enhancement
We are pleased to promote our new improved PSU/LED indicator, which now replaces our original SBU product. Often used together as a 2 or 3 high traffic light (also known as our MIH/2U or MIH/3U), our Series U now has a wider voltage range, incorporating the...
How Warning Signals have Improved Throughout The Years
Today, you can see warning lights even at a distance as you drive in the streets. These illuminating devices allow you to expect the right circumstance of what lies ahead and react appropriately based on those expectations. For this reason, warning lights are...
How Audible Warning Signals Help with Evacuation
Above all, safety is our main concern, whether that’s at home, at school, at work, or in other public places. Nowadays, we can consider ourselves lucky because of the availability of devices that can help us avoid mishaps. One of the best examples of these are audio...
Life (and shopping!) is all about choices – Live Below the Line
In preparing the menus for our Live Below the Line challenge, I have learnt a lot about myself and my shopping psyche. Having 3 small children I visit the supermarket probably 2 or 3 times a week to buy bread & milk, although I can often spend a minimum of £15-20...
New online delivery communications
We have worked hard to improve your delivery experience and have, following a thorough review, selected a new carrier for standard despatches. One of the key improvements for you is that we now have a new way for you to check your delivery status! Once you have placed...
Live Below the Line
D. G. Controls Ltd has always been run according to the highest ethical and moral values, and is well-aware of its wider social accountability; to use the correct terminology, its “Corporate & Social Responsibility” or CSR. Being a long-established business, but...
Tech Thursday – REACH (for the stars!)
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) REACH came into force on 1st June 2007, essentially an environmental and health & safety initiative to...
Congratulations to the team!
D. G. Controls Ltd has been an “Investor in People” since 2000, and has always recognised the importance of having well-trained staff in its teams. Internal and external training-providers are used, and all staff are encouraged to develop themselves within their...
Tech Thursday – Light Part 3 – Colour
This is the final instalment in our short three part series discussing Light. In the first part we will briefly looked at what we define light to be and went on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In the...
Tech Thursday – EN54-23
What is EN54-23? EN54-23 or to give it its full title “Fire detection and fire alarm systems – Part 23: Fire alarm devices – Visual alarm devices”, was produced to standardise the requirements, in terms of construction, robustness and performance of warning beacons...
Tech Thursday – Light Part 2 – Luminous Intensity and its measurement
This is the second instalment of a short three part series discussing Light. In the first part we briefly looked at what we define light to be went on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In this second part...
Light – Part 1 – Units and definitions
This is the first instalment of a short three part series discussing Light. In this first part we will briefly look at what we define light to be and go on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In the...
D.G. Controls Limited gets a Twitter Boost from Theo Paphitis
Swadlincote based D.G. Controls Limited gets a Twitter Boost from Theo Paphitis A Swadlincote based firm received a business boost from TV Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis. Last week, Jon Whiten, Managing Director of D.G. Controls Limited, tweeted Theo about his...
deegee @ Tekniikka 2012 – Jyväskylä, Finland
Electronics - Automation - Maintenance - Energy - Environment - NEW Nanotecnology Professionals of the industry from all over Finland will meet again at the Tekniikka 2012 exhibition at the Congress and Exhibition Center Jyväskylä Paviljonki. Organised since 1979,...
deegee @ Alihankintamessut 2012 – Tampere, Finland
The international Subcontracting Trade Fair will be held between 18th and 20th September 2012 at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre. The subcontracting trade fair event of industry that Tampere has hosted since 1988, will now be held for the 22nd time....
deegee @ Skydd, Stockholm Sweden
Toleka, the Swedish distributor of the deegee beacon brand, are exhibiting at SKYDD at the Stockholmsmässan in Stockholm, from 18th to 21st September 2012. In addition to the fire and emergency DUPLEX products, almost the full deegee beacon and sounder range will be...
deegee @ Mittalaitepäivät 2012 – Helsinki, Finland
The deegee brand is to be represented at Mittalaitepäivät 2012 by long-standing partner Elektro-Tukku. The show runs from 29th to 30th August 2012 and the products may be found on Stand H-6.
Website Launch
For us, this is probably the most exciting news in quite some time. After many, many weeks work, we today launch our new consolidated website. As well as a fresh theme, we have integrated the various sites and news postings into a single site for easy navigation. One...
Hannover Messe 2012
Back in Hall 8 for 2012, D. G. Controls Ltd are looking forward to welcoming you to see the full range of deegee beacons and sounders at Hannover Messe between 23rd and 27th April 2012. You can find us in Hall 8, Stand C29. Follow the link...
ISO 9001 : 2008
The same week in November that some of the deegee team were exhibiting at SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg, the rest of the business hosted a UL auditor for the triennial ISO9001:2008 audit. During triennial audits the complete Quality Management System is interrogated,...
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...