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The Significance of Aviation Lighting
In aviation lighting, indeed communication plays an essential part both to the air traffic controller and the pilot. The communication between the air traffic controller and the pilot commonly comes in the form a light signal. When the aircraft is not equipped with...
deegee @ Indumation.be 2019 – Harelbeke, Belgium
The manufacturing, process and infrastructure automation show ‘Indumation.be’ will be held this February at Kortrijk Expo. Indumation.be exhibits manufacturers and suppliers related to: Motion Control-Robotics-Control and Network Solutions-Process and...
Modular Stacking Beacons: What Are They?
Click-together, or modular stacking beacons - commonly known as Andon lights, are a product that is ideal for internal multi-signalling applications. Modular stacking beacons are commonly utilized in conjunction with various kinds of...
We Wish You A Merry Christmas…
What a fantastic end to a fantastic year! With the team rushed off their feet for the majority of 2018, we have still managed to maintain our same or next day despatch service wherever possible - and long may we expect this to continue! The team will be back in...
LED Beacons and Traffic Light Innovations
In many countries, driver distraction causes the highest rate of road accidents. In order to increase road safety traffic, light innovations like LED beacons emerged. What are LED Beacons? Today, LED beacon lighting is the newest technology, best known for its energy...
Advance Warning Beacons: Traffic Signal Lights
Are you familiar with the terms ‘Advance Warning Beacon’, or ‘Traffic Signal Lights’? Most people are familiar with these and their importance in controlling the movement of traffic. And they typically come in Amber, Red, and Green coloured lights. What Is An Advance...
The Influence of Traffic Lights
Almost every day, we see traffic lights everywhere. However, do you ever think about how beneficial they are for your day-to-day life? There is actually a hidden genius and influence in traffic lights. Traffic Lights: Do they do anything? In actual fact, traffic...
PIR Activated LED Beacon
Multi-Function LED Beacon with PIR Activation This is a special version of the PSB beacon, with PIR sensing and activation. Employing high-performance LEDs, yielding both high brightness levels and a wider, more evenly distributed angle of view. Movement within the...
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...
deegee No Longer Supplies RS
As of the end of August this year deegee ceased to supply RS Components Limited with our range of Warning Signals. This brought to an end a long-standing relationship that has benefited both parties. All products are available, and will continue to be available,...
Multi-Function (MFE) LED Beacons
Multi-status indication from the same beacon is sometimes necessary due to restrictions on space. deegee has long had in its portfolio the MFE multi-function beacon, an LED beacon which has 360º viewing. A single MFE LED beacon can give 8 different warning signals,...
deegee is 40 Years old today!
Today (21st July 2007) sees D. G. Controls Limited celebrating its 40th year in the beacon and sounder manufacturing business. Always having been a local business, originally based in Burton upon Trent, the existing site in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, was purpose-built...
Beacon Post-Mount
Another exciting introduction to the deegee mounting accessories portfolio is the Beacon Post-Mount, officially launched at Hannover Messe 2007. This uses a patented fixing system with anti-rotation properties, to fix many of the deegee beacons onto standard posts. ...
EuroLED
deegee lights the way at EuroLED 2007. Over 60% of deegee products are now either LED based or available as an LED option. It is a sector which is growing at around 40% per year. To this end deegee were pleased to exhibit the beacon and sounder range at EuroLED 2007,...
deegee beacon doctors the tardis
It is really difficult getting pictures of products in action - catalogue shots are so bland. Well, in an attempt to re-dress the balance we have a section on our website displaying a number of our products in action - hopefully with more to come - see here for...
International Fire Expo – Open for business
The doors are open on this year's International Fire Expo. It seems an absolute age since the last International Fire Expo - 2 years in fact! - but the wait is now over, the products are ready, the stand is built and we're ready for our first visitors of the week....
Did You Know
.........Every time you receive beacons and sounders from deegee you help the environment? That's right! And it's all because as a fundamental part of deegee's environmental policy, all packaging from goods coming into the company is saved and is re-used as secondary...
3-Colour LED Beacon
Causing a huge amount of interest at Hannover Messe 2007 was the new 3-colour LED Beacon (SBU/UNI-LED/Red/Amber/Green) from deegee. Using sets of LEDs which allow Red, Amber or Green signals from the same unit, the beacon is perfect where space is at a premium. ...
Visitor numbers exceed expectations
We had a great opportunity to meet many of our deegee distributors in Hannover, Germany, at the Messe 2007 exhibition. Whilst the organisers were reporting visitor increases of around 10%, deegee went better than that with visitor enquiries up 15% on our 2006 show. ...
Largest ever product launch for D.G. Controls!
2007 represents our 40th year in business as a privately owned independent company and brings with it the largest ever product launch in the history of D.G. Controls Limited. With introductions into virtually all corners of the range, these items add depth to our...
Beacons get brighter
D. G. Controls has incorporated three products into one for its latest beacon upgrade The IPN range of small LED panel boxes from D.G. Controls has been enhanced by the introduction of a STOP/GO variant. This has been designed specifically for traffic management in...
New traffic lights fit in narrow spaces
3-way Traffic Light IPN/018/Red/Amber/Green has been developed by DG Controls following success of the 2-way Traffic Light Following on from the success of the IPN 2-way Traffic Light (IPN/002/Red/ Green), a request for a 3-way Traffic Light in the range was fulfilled...
Traffic Lights but not as we know them!
MIH/2U and 3U Traffic Light beacons from deegee are proving a popular choice for some quite diverse applications, thanks to their robust build and excellent light output In addition to the typical loading bay and site-traffic signalling applications, the MIH/2U and...
Ultra-low power LED beacon ‘sees’ everything
DG Controls launches the latest addition to its deegee beacon range, the new ULP-LED beacon ULP-LED has a full 360degree all-round and 180degree all-over viewing angle, but uses less than 1/6th of the power of the equivalent filament lamp version. Available as either...
Long-life static beacon
The newest addition to the deegee range of low energy beacons is the long life SB_/CFT Fitting the E, G, H, J, K and T deegee housings, the SB_/CFT is a great solution for applications where low power consumption is essential, but without compromise on brightness....
Stacking beacons improved
New improved deegee stacking beacon range are ideal for status-warning Following input from our customers, major improvements have been made to the deegee range of stacking beacons. It had been reported that the beacons were hard to connect and secure. After...
Telephone activated beacons from Deegee.
Beacons which light in response to telephone ringing are being increasingly used at construction sites around the globe  Whilst the Deegee range includes both LED and xenon units, it is the xenon TXV/AC/230/TRA which has been selected for many of the major...
LED lamps preferred during maintenance visits
Sales of deegee brand LED Plug-In Modules have been given a boost thanks to a new contract awarded to Inelmatec N.V./ S.A., the sole distributor for the deegee brand in Belgium. Moulded with a B15d lamp cap fitting, the LED Plug-In Modules are being used across...
Rotating mirror beacon features LED light source
DG Controls is launching the new RF*/RMLED/, a traditional rotating mirror beacon with solid state LED light source, offering 360degree all-round visibility DG Controls (deegee) are pleased to announce the production launch of the new RF*/RMLED/, a traditional...