Classic Automation at the Curtiss-Wright RAPID Technical Conference, Clearwater, FL.
The Curtiss-Wright RAPID Technical Conference is one of the most important events on the power industry supply chain calendar. This year, Classic Automation will be right there in the middle of it.
We'll be at Booth 42 from May 17 to 20 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater, Florida. If you're attending RAPID as a utility, fossil fuel plant, or vendor in the power generation space, we want to meet you.
Here's what you can find at the booth and why it matters for your operation.
The Parts Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
Power generation facilities run on control systems that weren't designed with 2026 in mind. They were built to last decades, and they have. But lasting decades and being supported through their lifecycle are very different things.
When a controller trips, a module fails, or a board finally gives out after 20 years of continuous service, the options can feel grim: pay a premium for whatever's left on the surplus market, wait months for a potentially-compatible replacement, or bite the bullet on a full system migration that your shutdown schedule definitely didn't account for.
Classic Automation gives you a better fourth option: a supplier with real inventory, proven repair capability, and clear answers you can count on. That means less runaround, faster solutions, and support for parts that have been discontinued for years.
What We're Bringing to the Show Floor
We stock legacy, surplus, and hard-to-find control system components from over 400 manufacturers, including the ones that have been end-of-life for years. At our booth, you can search your part number live on our website and see real pricing and real availability in real time.
If you bring us a part number we don't have in stock, we'll work to find it.
New-old-stock is great when you can find it. But sometimes the best path forward is fixing what you have. Classic Automation's in-house repair team handles control system components with a 2-week turnaround on most jobs, full bench testing, and a 2-year warranty on everything that goes back out the door.
We'll have our repair capabilities on display at the booth and we're happy to talk through specific units you've been putting off. Whether that's a VFD that's been on the shelf for a year or a DCS module that's been living on borrowed time.
This is the one we're most excited to talk about at RAPID.
If your facility is running Moore 352, Moore 353, ABB MOD 30ML, or Micro DCI controllers, you've probably had the migration conversation and probably tabled it because the cost, complexity, and downtime risk felt prohibitive. Panel cutouts to re-fabricate. Field wiring to re-terminate. Custom programming to rebuild from scratch. It's a lot.
Panelicity® Series 36 eliminates most of that friction. It's a high-performance process panel controller, engineered by Classic Automation in Webster, NY, that drops directly into the existing 3×6 (1/2 DIN) cutout where your legacy controller lives. Existing field wiring is reused wherever possible with 4 to 20 mA terminations. And Panelicity ships with pre-built control strategies for the most common applications, so you configure rather than code.
What Panelicity replaces:
Key capabilities:
- Pre-defined displays, alarms, and trends. No custom code required for standard strategies.
- Single and dual loop control, cascade control, ratio control, and optional boiler drum level and tank/sump applications
- Integrated Ethernet and secure web interface for remote monitoring
- Slim 1/2 DIN form factor, purpose-built for depth-restricted panels
- 2-year Classic Automation warranty, U.S.-manufactured
Because Panelicity is designed and built in-house, we support it in-house too. You're not calling a third-party reseller or submitting a support ticket that goes overseas. You're calling us.
Learn more at classicautomation.com/panelicity or come see it at the booth and we'll walk you through a real migration scenario.
We built our website to work for procurement and engineering professionals who don't have time to wait for a callback. Live inventory. Live pricing. A quote builder you can customize and print without talking to anyone.
At the booth, we'll have it up and running. Bring your part number and see what happens.
Who Should Stop By Booth 42
Anyone attending RAPID is welcome. But if you're in one of these situations, we're especially worth your time:
- You're running Moore 352/353, MOD 30ML, or Micro DCI controllers and you're starting to think about migration options
- You have a parts list of legacy or hard-to-find components that your current supplier can't reliably source
- You've got units sitting on the bench that need repair and you're not sure who to send them to
- You're a procurement or supply chain professional looking for a backup supplier, or a primary one, for control system parts
- You're curious about what a drop-in controller migration actually looks like in practice
- You have new parts needs at a used parts budget
- You have migration and general system questions
- You're interested in field support or auditing your current installation
Make the Most of Your Time at RAPID
RAPID is a busy show, and our team's time at the booth fills up fast. If you'd like dedicated one-on-one time with a Classic Automation specialist, whether to dig into parts availability, discuss a repair project, or get a real walkthrough of Panelicity, we'd love to set something up during the show. Ask for Troy or Tim at the booth. Walk-ins are always welcome, we'll make time.
Booth 42 • Curtiss-Wright RAPID Technical Conference
Sheraton Sand Key Resort • Clearwater, FL • May 17–20, 2026
