Abstract: A stowable door system for covering an opening, the door system being characterized by a width (W) and a length (L) in a deployed configuration. The system comprises a plurality of elongate slats having a generally cross section extending parallel to the width (W), the slats having a fiber-reinforced plastic composite with fibers predominantly oriented parallel to the width (W) so that the slats imbue the door with stiffness in the direction of the width (W); hinge sections that connect adjacent slats to provide, in combination with the slats, flexibility in the direction of the length (L); a reel that gathers at least some of the hollow slats and hinges during transition to, or in, a stowed configuration and feeds them during deployment to the deployed configuration; edge guides that support ends of the hollow slats and provide sliding engagement therewith.

Abstract: An induction heating method includes the steps of molding composite material having non-induction heatable reinforcement material and induction heatable material in a thermally curable polymer based resin, followed by curing the polymer based resin at least partially while in the mold by exposure to a time varying magnetic field. The molding tool apparatus has molding tool members defining a molding tool cavity corresponding to the desired composite article, and an induction heating system having induction coils integral with the molding tool members such that the molding tool cavity is disposed between them. An electrical circuit for providing power to the induction coils to generate a time varying magnetic field about the molding tool cavity includes an RF generator and a matching network for matching the impedance of the induction coils, electrical leads and connections of the induction heating system to the output of the RF generator.