FAEMA

FAEMA by Francesco

Instructions baby 4

The FAEMA (Fabbrica Apparecchiature Elettro Meccaniche e Affini) was born in Milan in 1945 thanks to Carlo Ernesto Valente.

His name is especially linked to the machine for bar Faema E61, designed in 1961, which introduces two important innovations, the water pump to give the ideal pressure of 9 atmospheres and the infusion, which allows you to wet the ground coffee with hot water before starting the extraction, thus ensuring the best extraction of aromatics substances.

With regard to coffee machines for domestic use, Faema produced between 50s and 70s, three machine models lever, the Faemina, the Veloxtermo and the Faema Baby.

The Faemina, an imposing machine made of cast bronze and weighing about 11 kg, features a closed-boiler with piston actuated by a spring, with the possibility to make steam. The EMI in Milan made a clone named Emina.

The Veloxtermo is a wall machine. Although the first impression of the Veloxtermo is that it is a commercial machine (which it is - its group head was also available as an option on the Faema "President" & "Urania"), Faema also marketed the Veloxtermo for home use.

The Faema Baby is a simple machine to "idrocompressione" with a piston actuated by two levers. The filter is designed to contain the coffee ground and the hot water (heated separately). Has no power supply. There are 3 versions: with terminals of the handles in spherical bakelite, with terminals in oval bakelite, with terminals in aluminum (brand adhesive or embossed).

	Description	Logo	Note
1956	Faemina first model "red label" (v. 1.0)		model conforming to original patent, with lever switches and chromed base, no steam pipe, 160 V - SN 1908
1957	Faemina first model "red label" (v. 1.1)		model analogous to previous, with steam pipe - 220 V - SN 3352
1964	Faemina second model "blu label"		model with switches modified and aluminium base - 220 V - SN 22048
	Faemina gas-powered		rare model gas-powered
	Emina		replica of Faemina produced by EMI in Milan
	Veloxtermo		wall model (contributed by Steven Immel)
	Baby first version (sn 798) (v.1.0)		model with bakelite knobs rounded (contributed by Lucio Del Piccolo)
	Baby first version (sn 803) (v.1.1)		model analogous to previous with holder filter modified
	Baby second version (sn 3955) (v.2.0)		model with bakelite knobs oval
	Baby third version (sn A286) (v.3.0)		model with aluminum knobs and steel holder filter
	Baby terza versione (sn A490) (v.3.1)		model analogous to previous with label modified in "faema baby"
	Baby third version (without sn) (v.3.2)		model with aluminum knobs and aluminum holder filter
	Baby third version (v.3.3)		model with brand embossed
	Baby third version (v 3.3)		model equal to previous
	Baby third version (v 3.3)		model equal to previous
	Baby third version (v.3.4)		model with brand modified in "faema baby"