Textile machine for producing roving and method for starting the roving production on a corresponding textile machine

A textile machine for producing a roving, comprising:

• a consolidating means for producing a roving having a protective twist from a fiber bundle;
• a winding device arranged downstream of the consolidating means in a transport direction of the roving;
• a tube driven by a tube drive, the winding device configured to wind the roving onto the tube;
• an arrangement disposed to bring the roving leaving the consolidating means during a roving production start procedure into contact with the tube, the arrangement comprising:
• a movably mounted suction unit with a suction opening that is configured to suck up the roving during ongoing roving production;
• means for bringing the roving running between the consolidating means and the suction opening into contact with the tube during ongoing roving production;
• means for cutting the roving such that a section of the roving grasped by the suction unit is conveyed away by the suction unit and a section of the roving running between the consolidating means and the tube is wound onto the tube;
• wherein the cutting means comprises a movably mounted cutting unit that is movable from a resting position in which the cutting unit is not in contact with the roving during the start procedure to a cutting position in which the cutting unit comes into contact with and cuts the roving;
• and
• wherein in the cutting position, the cutting unit is brought into contact with the tube and presses the roving against the tube surface.