Textile machine and method for operating same

A method for operating a textile machine to produce roving, the method comprising:

• continuously producing a roving during roving production having a protective twist from a fiber bundle fed to a consolidating means;
• winding the produced roving with a winding device onto a tube arranged at a winding position;
• after the tube has been fully or partially wound with the roving, initiating a tube change;
• during the tube change, removing the wound tube from the winding position and moving an empty tube into the winding position;
• winding the roving produced by the consolidating means onto the wound tube during the tube change at least until the roving comes into contact with the empty tube and is wound onto the empty tube, wherein the tube change from the wound tube to the empty tube is done without interruption of the continuous production of the roving by the consolidating means;
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• during the tube change, winding the roving onto the wound tube in a region that lies outside a region last wound prior to the tube change.