Method for operating a spinning station of a spinning machine, and spinning machine

A method for operating a spinning station of a spinning machine, wherein the spinning machine includes:

• an opening unit that opens a fiber material into individual fibers that are spun into a yarn by means a spinning device;
• the opening unit including an opening roller rotatably mounted in an opening housing and drivable by an individual drive,
• the spinning device connected to a negative pressure channel of the spinning machine and acted upon by negative pressure,
• the opening housing connected to the spinning device via a feed duct;
• the method comprising:
• during a downtime of the spinning station, performing one or both of:
• driving and stopping the opening roller at least one time by means of the individual drive, or driving the opening roller at a minimum rotation speed by means of the individual drive.

A spinning machine, comprising:

• a plurality of adjacently arranged spinning stations, wherein each of the spinning stations comprises:
• an opening unit that opens a fiber material into individual fibers that are spun into a yarn by a spinning device;
• the opening unit including an opening roller rotatably mounted in an opening housing and drivable by an individual drive;
• the spinning device connected to a negative pressure channel of the spinning machine and acted upon by negative pressure;
• the opening housing connected to the spinning device via a feed duct;
• the spinning machine or each spinning station further comprising a control unit configured to control the spinning stations to perform one or both of the following during a downtime of the spinning station:
• driving and stopping the opening roller at least one time by means of the individual drive, or driving the opening roller at a minimum rotation speed by means of the individual drive.