Contact

We can be contacted via all of the usual methods, as follows:

Ripley Engineering Ltd.
Rankine Road
Daneshill West Industrial Estate
Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8PP

Telephone: (01256) 473940
Fax Main Office: (01256) 479991
Fax Surface Coatings: (01256) 843954

Alternatively, please use the fill out following simple form to request that we contact you, or simply to provide us with any feedback:

Want to Send Us Your Design?

To find out which file formats you can email to us for use directly in our CAD/CAM systems, please click here.

How to find us

We are ideally located in Basingstoke, Hampshire, right at the centre of the south of England.

Full instructions and a clear map can be downloaded in PDF format here.

Design Communication

The following table lists the common file formats we are able to receive directly into our CAD/CAM systems via email. Note: we are also happy to receive plain flat drawings as a PDF or JPG file for quoting purposes.

Sheet Metal - Internal Systems		Machining - Internal Systems
Internal System	Native file format(s)	Internal System	Native file format(s)
Radan	.drg	EdgeCAM	.epf
SolidWorks	.sldprt, .sldasm, .slddrw	SolidWorks	.sldprt, .sldasm, .slddrw

Other common formats accepted (with unspecified limitations)
Originating System	File format(s)	Notes	Originating System	File format(s)	Notes
ACIS	.sat	Up to v14	IGES	.igs	Import limitations
Adobe Illustrator	.ai	For logos, labels, decals	Parasolid	.x_t, .x_b, .xmt_*	Up to v15. Does not import point data
Autodesk Inventor	.ipt	Only geometry, not features	Pro/Engineer	.prt, .xpr, .asm, .xas	v17 to '01, Wildfire v1 & 2. No assy ftrs
CADKEY	.prt, .ckd	Up to v19 (.prt), v21 (.ckd)	Solid Edge	.par, .psm, .asm
DXF 3D	.dxf	R14 and above.	Stereolithography	.stl
DXF/DWG	.dxf, .dwg		Unigraphics II	.prt	Parasolid information only
IDF	.emn, .brd, .bdf, .idb		VDAFS	.vda