Saeco magic deluxe replacement part

This is a replacement part for the Saeco magic deluxe (should also fit the Philips/Saeco Royal --> https://www.philips.ch/c-p/RI9913_06/royal-kaffeevollautomat ) - a ~20 year old fully automated coffee machine one of my working colleagues still uses.

He says that this is the part that most often gets broken (and is rather expensive) - however I'm unable to see how and why the original part breaks so easily; but being able to reproduce it after each demolition should mitigate the nuisance some