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A little about Static LED Beacons 🚨
A static warning signal is a continuously lit beacon designed to provide a constant visual alert. These signals play a vital role across a wide range of industries and applications. In factory automations, a static green light can indicate that machinery is running...
🚦 We offer a range of LED Status Signals, for a simple signalling solution!
A status signal is a type of beacon which tends to have 2 or more colours to signify the varying status of a machine, process or situation. Status signals typically use Red/Green or Red/Amber/Green, but LEDs now allow a wide range of colours, from infrared to...
A Quality Service
Whatever your query, whether it be Beacons or Sounders, pricing or technical, you can be assured that at D.G. Controls Ltd you will receive nothing other than a quality service.We are a small team, everyone has a name, and everyone knows their stuff. So don’t worry...
🚨 Rotating Beacons
Rotating Beacons are ideal for various applications and are a great alternative to flashing or static warning signals. Applications include vehicles, such as trucks and forklifts, fire and security systems, and area’s where an audible warning might be difficult to...
100% Participation
Imagine for a moment you are a cog or gear, and that your immediate surroundings are a gearbox made up of many gears, or even simpler, think of a kid’s bike with two sprockets (you and one other) and its connecting chain. That is all to say that we do not operate in...
🚦 The U Series Beacon 🚦
Easily configure the U Series beacon by joining units from the T, U, V, and W ranges to build a custom signalling system.• IP65 rated• Low current consumption• 24-36vDC and 115-230vUC available• Pulsed or static options, selectable via the internal jumper• Side and...
💥 Electronic sounders…
These are powerful devices that are perfect for grabbing attention during an emergency situation, from evacuations to fire alarms, they instantly provide warning. They are very versatile units for smaller applications and situations. In large buildings, they signal...
☎️ Do You Need a Telephone Beacon for Your Workplace?
Our range of Telephone Ring Initiated Flashing Beacons are designed for Industrial and Community Welfare applications where a visual indication of a ringing telephone is required. Ideal for applications such as 'Emergency Evacuation' alarm, 'Colour-Coded Personal...
Scanautomatic in Gothenburg 8 – 10 October
Toleka's Jonas Rasmussen and Mikael Pers will be on site to show the future solutions in warning lights and sirens for Industry 4.0 and much more of our product range.Venue: Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre, GothenburgStand: B02:41See you there!
Xenon Strobe Beacons
Xenon strobe beacons are a very popular choice of beacon as they produce a very sharp flash of light. They work by discharging the energy stored in a capacitor though a special flash tube filled with xenon gas to produce a very short burst of high intensity light....
Cranes and Warning Beacons
Due to their tall construction, warning devices for cranes are essential not only for the general public but also for nearby aircraft. These warning signals help construction workers and pilots alike to detect a possible danger and give a signal to avoid collisions...
The Importance of Yellow & Amber Beacons
Yellow or amber beacons are extremely important as they encourage caution in places where unexpected hazards exist. Once you see these colours your immediate reaction is to slow down and take caution into the area you are approaching as an unexcepted situation...
The Influence of Traffic Lights
Traffic lights are part of our everyday life, you cannot miss them. Road users and pedestrians alike see and obey a traffic light even though there is no physical barrier to them, everyone is taught the meaning of the colours alone and see and behave accordingly to...
Beacon Colours Explained
Beacons convey strong and vital messages in the colours they use; they allow people to become more aware of their surroundings and any possible dangers that may be on-coming. These devices deliver messages in their colour and their position, place and time of use....
What are Telephone Initiated Beacons?
Telephone initiated beacons are designed to be used where a visual signal of a ringing telephone is necessary. This type of beacon has become a necessity in noisy environments where high ambient noise levels persist to more everyday environments such as care homes...
LED Warning Signals
The use of LED’s in safety devices such as warning signals is a huge advancement in technology as it increases the visibility of warning signals to a much brighter and higher level than ever before, meaning such signals are able to assist in providing better safety...
deegee @ Indumation.be 2022, Kortrijk, Belgium
Indumation.be is Belgium's most comprehensive trade show for Factory, Process and Infrastructure Automation (technologies, components and solutions), supported by the federations Agoria and Indumotion.At Indumation.be, you will find solutions for any efficiency or...
deegee @ Cebeo Technologie 2022, Brussels
10 - 12 May 2022 From Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 May 2022, Cebeo organizes its biennial professional fair Cebeo Technologie 2022 in Hall 5 of Brussels Expo. A unique opportunity to get to know technical innovations, products and services first hand. Cebeo Technology...
What is a beacon?
What Is A Beacon? A beacon is a purposely noticeable device that is designed to attract attention to a certain location. Beacons are undeniably one of the most beneficial devices that we have that helps not only in providing safety, but also security. There are many...
Static LED Beacons
A static warning signal is a continuous signal - in the case of a static LED beacon, the beacon would be continuously lit and by using LED’s would be more energy efficient as they have lower power consumption. Static warning signals are ideal for a wide range of...
*NEW!* PSC/HP-LED IP69K BEACON
High Powered LED Beacon tested to IP69K Ingress Protection 84mm High x 94mm Diameter The newest addition to the deegee range is the PSC-HP-LED Beacon, which is a High Brightness LED product, with an Ingress Protection of IP69K. - The PSC/HP-LED employs...
Essential Loading Bay Lights
Loading bay lights have become an essential safety tool on loading docks far and wide making it a safer place for people and vehicles to load and unload their trailer. Here we shall take a closer look at the three most common types of loading bay lights in further...
Electronic Sounders
Electronic sounders are commonly used in large buildings and businesses as an indicator; the sounder makes a loud noise when it’s triggered, either automatically or manually. These powerful devices are perfect for grabbing people’s attention during an emergency...
Interesting Facts About LEDs
LED’s are becoming a more and more popular form of bulb thanks to their energy efficiency. They also tend to last longer compared to their counterparts as they integrate a heat sink which absorbs the heat rather than them overheating or burning out. There are many...
LED Status Signals
A status signal is a type of beacon which tends to have 2 or more colours to signify the varying status of a machine, process or situation. Typical colours for a status signal are Red/Green and Red/Amber/Green but this is by no means fixed as LED’s are now readily...
How Xenon Strobes Work
Xenon strobes work by discharging the energy stored in a capacitor through a special flash tube filled with xenon gas at a low pressure to produce a very short burst of high intensity white light. It produces it flash in 5 steps: The energy storage capacitor connected...
Sounders & Sirens
Sounders and sirens are used to attract attention particularly when an immediate response is required. To alert a person, it is recommended that a sounder or siren reaches between 5 and 15 dB(A) louder than the background noise of the given area. There are several...
Electronic Sounders
Electronic sounders are a very commonly used audible signal as they can be multi-tone, have no moving parts and have no duty cycle making things much easier for the installer. These units are widely used as one unit can hold a variety of different tones making it...
Motor Driven Sirens
Motor driven sirens are a typical style of an audible signal. They work by the motor driving a bladed impeller, pulling in air and pushing it back out through vents to produce a whirring sound - similar to an air raid siren. These units are commonly used in remote...
Beacon Light Sources
We are constantly updating the technology used in our beacons to make them more energy efficient. With that in mind, we have nearly completed the process of replacing all our filament lamp beacons with LED beacons. There is a global unavailability of filament bulbs as...