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Essential Tools for
Perfect Maintenance

Professional-grade removers designed to safely extract and protect your precision filters and shower screens.

OUR ACCESSORIES

Designed specifically for IMS components to ensure longevity and safety.

IMS Basket Remover

Basket Remover

The ultimate tool to safely pry out filter baskets without scratching your portafilter's chrome or bending the precision lip of your IMS basket.

IMS Shower Remover 01

Shower Remover 01

A specialized extraction tool designed with the perfect angle to safely unseat shower screens and group gaskets without damaging delicate brass components.

IMS Shower Remover 02

Shower Remover 02

Featuring an alternative ergonomic profile, this remover provides excellent leverage for stubborn group gaskets in tight commercial group heads.

WHY USE DEDICATED TOOLS?

Protect your investment and your equipment.

No More Scratches

Using knives or generic screwdrivers can heavily scratch the chrome finish of your portafilter and damage the brass of your group head.

Perfect Leverage

Our tools are designed with specific angles and thicknesses to easily pry out stubborn baskets and baked-on gaskets with minimal effort.

Filter Integrity

Precision filters rely on a perfectly flat upper lip to seal against the gasket. Our Basket Remover prevents bending and denting of this critical edge.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

Common questions about our maintenance tools.

While it's a common practice, spoons and knives have incorrect thicknesses and angles. This often leads to deep scratches on your expensive portafilter and, more importantly, can permanently bend the lip of your precision filter, leading to leaks over the portafilter edges during extraction.

Both tools are designed to safely remove shower screens and group gaskets. The difference lies in the tip profile and the angle of leverage. Depending on your espresso machine's group head architecture and how tightly the gasket is seated, one design may offer a more comfortable ergonomic angle for you than the other.

They are essential for both. In a commercial setting, they save time and prevent equipment damage during rapid daily cleaning. For home users, they protect the investment made in high-end prosumer machines and precision IMS components, making regular maintenance safe and frustration-free.