Resin Pump (Form 4) Tubing Clog

I have been using the resin pumping system with Tough1500 V2 exclusively for several months.

There was a period of time where a different resin was used but only in the 1L containers.

After returning to use Tough1500 V2 I noticed the pumping system was not pulling resin from the 5L container anymore.

After taking the tubing off and examining the pumping system I noticed the resin had thickened and created a clog starting at the input connection and continuing for a large portion of the tubing.

How can this be cleaned out and prevented in the future? Is there a replacement tubing material size/type equivalent?

Is this the inner tubing itself that is clogged?

If so, then yes, you can replace it. In fact, you are supposed to replace it if you ever switch resins or after X many of hours (I don’t remember the number, hence the X).

More info from Formlabs here: Replacing the Resin Pumping System pump tube | Formlabs

Hope this helps you get running again!

it is not the tubing inside the pump but rather the tubing that goes from the connection pictured to the 5L container

I see. I doubt that they’d sell the inside tubing and not the outside one… though who knows.

If you haven’t, you should probably make a support ticket here: Contact Support
They should help you find the tubing if it’s available somewhere, even if it is not from them.

@erich_lohmann The Resin Pump Maintenance Kit that @MattRForerunner posted has all the tubing you should need. For heavy use, plan on replacing the tubing about every 6 months.