NOVELTY - Apparatus for molding continuous-fiber composite articles, comprises: housing; molding region (212) within housing, and is annular space between hard inner wall (524) and hard outer wall (522); inner soft tool (528) disposed in annular space and relatively closer to inner wall than outer wall; outer soft tool (526) in annular space and relatively closer to outer wall than inner wall; first liquid delivery system (536B) that delivers liquid to first region (546) between inner soft tool and inner wall; and resin delivery system (538A, 538B) that delivers resin to annular space.    USE - As apparatus for molding continuous-fiber composite articles (preferably cold water pipe for ocean thermal energy conversion plant) (claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The apparatus allows for molding very long and very large-diameter articles, such as cold water pipe for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant, without some of the costs and disadvantages of prior art. The method facilitates fabrication of very long articles on-site, in series of molding shots on same article, yet maintains complete continuity of fibers and fiber geometry across shots within primary load-bearing portions of article. As a consequence, although produced as series of shots, finished article nevertheless possesses advantageous characteristics of one-shot molded article; as compared to the prior art composite manufacturing processes for stepwise molding of an OTEC cold water pipe or other extremely long articles including autoclave molding, filament winding, wet layup, or sprayup; which have major disadvantages for this application and are ruled out. The apparatus allows a liquid resin molding processes that might be suitable for molding very long and wide continuous-fiber composite articles. In the apparatus, both inner and outer soft tools comprise resilient material, such as silicone rubber sheet commonly used in molding composite articles, and several fabric rolls are disposed in fiber supply region that is disposed above molding region. To facilitate positioning of fabric within molding region, vacuum is drawn behind inner soft tool and outer soft tool (i.e. in region between soft tool and nearest hard surface). The vacuum causes inner soft tool to move toward hard inner surface and outer soft tool to move toward hard outer surface. Fabric from rolls is then fed into molding region, along with core material. The core material forms core of sandwich pipe wall, and fabric forms face sheets of that sandwich. Specifically, fabric is disposed between inner soft tool and core, and between outer soft tool and core. After fabric and core are in place in molding region, vacuum established behind soft tools is released. An inner and outer vacuum seal are activated at bottom of molding region to seal soft tools to that portion of workpiece that has already been formed during previous molding operation (i.e. previous shot). A vacuum is developed on the other side of soft tools (where still-dry fabric is disposed) to withdraw air from fabric in molding region, which minimizes void content of resulting laminate. To avoid having to create gas-tight seal between fiber supply region and molding region (over the dry, porous fabric, where creating such seal would be particularly difficult or perhaps even impossible), fiber supply region, as well as molding region, are in fluidic communication with one another and are both placed under vacuum. The fabric is then compacted against the core by adding liquid behind the inner and outer soft tool. Resin is then introduced to fabric side of soft tools. The vacuum is maintained on fabric side of soft tools while liquid is maintained behind soft tools. Resin distributes throughout fabric, rising to predetermined height (as function of quantity of resin added) that does not exceed region over which compaction is being applied. Pressure is maintained behind soft tools during resin cure. After resin cures, pressure behind soft tools is released and vacuum is applied to draw soft tools toward hard inner and outer surfaces and away from cured laminate. Once curing is complete, lower seal of molding region is released and brakes on fabric rolls are released. The workpiece moves downward out of molding region under control gripping and translating device. Since there is continuity of fiber between workpiece and rolls of fabric, as workpiece moves downward out of molding region, fabric is drawn into molding region. Additional core material is positioned in molding region and process is re-run to form second workpiece. The second workpiece has continuity of fiber with first workpiece as well as the fiber on rolls. The process is repeated until growing article reaches its desired length.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An apparatus for molding continuous-fiber composite articles, comprises: housing; molding region (212) disposed within housing, where molding region is annular space defined between hard inner wall (524) and hard outer wall (522); inner soft tool (528) disposed in annular space and relatively closer to inner wall than outer wall; outer soft tool (526) disposed in annular space and relatively closer to outer wall than inner wall; first liquid delivery system (536B) that delivers liquid to first region (546) between inner soft tool and inner wall; and resin delivery system (538A, 538B) that delivers resin to annular space. The apparatus further comprises second liquid delivery system that delivers liquid to second region between outer soft tool and outer wall; three vacuum systems for placing first and second regions, and third region between tools, under vacuum; fiber delivery system, where fiber is disposed on several rolls disposed above molding region; and system that delivers core (214) to annular space between tools. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for method for forming continuous-fiber composite article, where article is produced via several shots that form several workpieces across which continuity of fiber is maintained, involving: feeding fabric to molding region, where continuity of fiber is maintained between supply of fabric and fed fabric; infusing fed fabric with resin; curing resin to form workpiece; and releasing workpiece from molding region, which, due to continuity of fiber, causes additional fabric to feed to molding region from its supply.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows side cross-sectional view of apparatus for molding continuous-fiber composite articles.    Molding region (212)    Core (214)    Hard outer wall (522)    Hard inner wall (524)    Outer soft tool (526)    Inner soft tool (528)    Vacuum lines (534A, 534B)    Liquid lines (536A, 536B)    Resin inlet line (538A, 538B)    Region between outer soft tool and core (540)    Region between inner soft tool and core (542)    Region defined between hard outer wall and outer soft tool (544)    Region defined between hard inner wall and inner soft tool (546)