Spinning preparation machine

A spinning preparation machine, comprising:

• a consolidating means for producing a roving with a protective twist from a fiber bundle supplied to the consolidating means;
• a drafting system upstream of the consolidating means in a transport direction of the fiber bundle to draft the fiber bundle;
• a guide arranged longitudinally between the drafting system and a container that provides the fiber bundle to the drafting system, the guide comprising a feed segment opposite from the drafting system and a delivery segment;
• a winding device disposed downstream of the consolidating means to wind the roving onto a tube;
• a tube transport device disposed to provide empty tubes to the winding device or remove tubes loaded with roving from the winding device;
• wherein the tube transport device comprises at least one conveyor to transport the empty tubes or remove the tubes loaded with roving, the conveyor operatively arranged at least in part between the feed segment of the guide and the drafting system;
• a tube transfer device operatively disposed to transfer the empty tubes from the tube transport device to the winding device or the tubes loaded with roving from the winding device to the transport device;
• and
• wherein one or more of the following are arranged above the conveyor:
• the feed segment of the guide, the delivery segment of the guide, the consolidating means, or the tube transfer device.

A spinning preparation machine, comprising:

• a consolidating means for producing a roving with a protective twist from a fiber bundle supplied to the consolidating means;
• a drafting system upstream of the consolidating means in a transport direction of the fiber bundle to draft the fiber bundle;
• a guide arranged longitudinally between the drafting system and a container that provides the fiber bundle to the drafting system, the guide comprising a feed segment opposite from the drafting system and a delivery segment;
• a winding device disposed downstream of the consolidating means to wind the roving onto a tube;
• a tube transport device disposed to provide empty tubes to the winding device or remove tubes loaded with roving from the winding device;
• wherein the tube transport device comprises at least one conveyor to transport the empty tubes or remove the tubes loaded with roving, the conveyor operatively arranged at least in part between the feed segment of the guide and the drafting system;
• a tube transfer device operatively disposed to transfer the empty tubes from the tube transport device to the winding device or the tubes loaded with roving from the winding device to the transport device;
• and
• wherein one or both of the winding device or the tube transfer device are arranged at least in part below one or all of the guide, the drafting system, or the consolidating means.