Method for separating a sliver delivered out of a sliver can at a spinning station of a spinning machine, and spinning machine

A method for separating a sliver delivered out of a sliver can at a spinning station of a spinning machine, comprising:

• delivering the sliver out of the sliver can with a supply device at the spinning station in a delivery direction to a spinning device;
• with a sliver guide, guiding the sliver between the sliver can and the supply device;
• clamping the sliver in the supply device at the spinning station;
• and
• in order to separate the sliver, driving the supply device counter to the delivery direction, wherein the sliver is returned by the supply device and, as a result, the clamping of the sliver in the supply device is released.

A spinning machine, comprising:

• a plurality of adjacently arranged spinning stations;
• a row of sliver cans placed i underneath the spinning stations;
• each of the spinning stations comprising a supply device that delivers a sliver out of one of the sliver cans at the spinning station, a spinning device, and a sliver guide in which the sliver is guided between the sliver can and the supply device;
• a control unit configured to operate the spinning machine for:
• delivering the sliver out of the sliver can with the supply device at the spinning station in a delivery direction to the spinning device, wherein the sliver is guided by the sliver guide between the sliver can and the supply device;
• clamping the sliver in the supply device at the spinning station;
• and
• in order to separate the sliver, driving the supply device counter to the delivery direction, wherein the sliver is returned by the supply device and, as a result, the clamping of the sliver in the supply device is released.