Feed yarn joining system

A feed yarn joining system for joining a yarn tail end of a yarn package to a yarn head end of a reserve package in a region of a package creel arrangement having at least two adjacent package storage sites for receiving the yarn package and the reserve package, the feed yarn joining system comprising:

• a first receiving unit for receiving the yarn head end of the reserve package;
• a second receiving unit for receiving the yarn tail end of the yarn package;
• a first positioning unit for positioning a yarn head portion joined to the yarn head end in a yarn splicing device;
• a second positioning unit for positioning a yarn tail portion joined to the yarn tail end in the yarn splicing device;
• the yarn splicing device, is provided to prepare the yarn head end and the yarn tail end and splice them together during a splicing operation;
• and
• a control unit for executing the splicing operation by a corresponding activation of the first receiving unit, the second receiving unit, the first positioning unit, the second positioning unit and the yarn splicing device;
• wherein the control unit is provided to initiate a start of the splicing operation.