IMS Faema double cup filterbasket 12/18gr

A lot of the filterbasket sizes are quite standardized. This IMS filterbasket is good example of this. The basket is made by IMS filtra, but it is a competition basket and not from the standard IMS basket line.  The IMS part number for this double filterbasket is B702TH24.5M.

The double filterbasket is made from stainless steel 304, food safe. The outer diameter of this basket is 70mm, the body diameter is 60mm. IMS recommends the tamper diameter of 58mm up to 58,4mm This basket does also have a lot more holes than the single coffee filterbasket. 715 holes. Their diameter is 0,3mm. The amount of ground coffee this basket can hold varies from 14 up to 16 grams.

As mentioned earlier this is a standardized filterbasket size. So you will find them in a broad variety of espresso machine brands like Astoria, Bezzera, Brasilia, ECM, Faema, Grimac, Kess van der Westen, La Marzocco, La Pavoni, La Scala, Nuova Simonelli, Rancilio, Rocket, San Remo, Slayer, Synesso, Vibiemme, Victoria Arduino and Wega.

But even if it is standardized, always check the dimensions, because some brands use a variety of brewing groups with different dimensions of filterbaskets.