Custom Formulation
Krayden can modify the cure speed, texture, hardness, color, and viscosity of adhesives and sealants to meet your exact manufacturing specifications.
What Is Custom Formulation?
Custom formulation is the process of modifying the physical and chemical properties of an adhesive, sealant, or specialty chemical to match the performance requirements of a specific application. Rather than adapting your process to fit an off-the-shelf product, Krayden works with premier suppliers to engineer a material that fits your process.
Backed by deep supplier relationships and application engineering expertise, Krayden can source, specify, and arrange modified formulations for customers in aerospace, electronics, automotive, defense, and general industrial manufacturing.
What We Can Modify
Every application is different. Krayden's technical team works with suppliers to dial in the exact material characteristics your process demands.
Cure Speed
Adjust open time and cure rate to match your assembly line speed — from rapid fixturing adhesives to extended open-time formulations for complex assemblies.
Viscosity
From thin, flowable materials suited to dispensing equipment and capillary underfill, to thick pastes for gap filling and glob-top applications — viscosity can be tuned to your process.
Hardness & Flexibility
Shore A and Shore D hardness values can be targeted for specific structural, potting, or vibration-damping requirements — including flexible rubberized formulations for thermal cycling applications.
Color
Color matching for process inspection, brand differentiation, or customer identification. Custom pigmentation can be introduced without compromising mechanical or chemical performance.
Texture & Surface Feel
Smooth, thixotropic, or fibrous — texture modifications impact application behavior, sag resistance, and surface finish. Critical for conformal coatings and sealing applications.
Thermal & Chemical Properties
Operating temperature range, thermal conductivity, chemical resistance, and outgassing profiles can all be specified — essential for aerospace, defense, and high-reliability electronics applications.
Industries & Applications
Custom formulation is most commonly requested when a standard off-the-shelf product fails to meet one or more critical performance criteria, or when a customer requires a proprietary specification that cannot be disclosed to an open market. Krayden serves the following sectors with formulation support:
Aerospace & Defense
Low outgassing, wide temperature range, and MIL-spec compliant formulations for structural bonding, potting of electronics, and sealant applications on aircraft and defense platforms.
Electronics & Semiconductor
Underfills, encapsulants, and die-attach adhesives modified for specific CTE matching, ionic purity, or dispensing process compatibility at high-volume production speeds.
Automotive
High-temperature sealants, vibration-damping adhesives, and thermally conductive materials for EV battery packs, powertrains, and sensor assemblies — with AIAG documentation support.
General Industrial & OEM Manufacturing
Process-driven modifications to improve cycle time, reduce waste, or increase bond reliability in high-volume production environments across a wide range of substrate types.
How the Process Works
Custom formulation engagements typically follow a structured application engineering process to ensure the final product performs correctly in your environment.
Requirements Review
Define the performance criteria, substrates, process conditions, and regulatory requirements.
Supplier Engagement
Krayden works with its premier supplier network to identify the right base chemistry and propose modification options.
Sample & Validation
Modified samples are produced and tested against your specifications. Technical data sheets and conformance documents are provided.
Production & Stocking
Once qualified, Krayden can stock the custom formulation under a managed inventory agreement to ensure continuous availability.
The right formulation for your application — engineered to your exact specifications.
Contact our Technical Experts to start a custom formulation conversation.
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