Abstract: Motor-driven let-off and take-up motions in a loom are controlled by controlling the rotation of a motor for driving warp yarns with a tension control system operating in response to a signal indicative of a target tension and a feedback input signal indicative of an actual tension of the object during a normal operation of the loom, and controlling the rotation of the motor with a feedforward control system during a transient operation of the loom, the feedforward control system storing operation patterns of directions, and speeds of rotation and angular displacement of the motor for respective operation modes and weaving conditions of the loom. At the time of the transient operation, and operating condition of the loom is detected, an appropriate operation pattern is read from the feedforward control system based on the detected operation mode, and the read operation pattern is applied as a control signal to a drive control system for the motor.

Abstract: This invention relates to surface-coated cemented carbide articles having a monolayer or multilayer consisting of one or more materials selected from oxides, carbides, nitrides and mixtures or compounds thereof, the most interior layer, in contact with the surface of the cemented carbide substrate, consisting of one or more materials selected from carbides and carbonitrides of Group IVa, Va and VIa elements, wherein the thickness of a decarburized layer (.eta. phase) present between the cemented carbide substrate and most interior coating layer is 0.5 micron or less in a case where the curvature of the interface is zero and the lattice constant of the binder metal of the coated cemented carbide article, as a mean value from the interface to 50 microns, is not more than that of the iron group metal solid solution by 0.005 A or more.