Control means for apparatus for cross-winding packages

In an apparatus for cross-winding packages of textile material having means for rotating a package on a shaft at a selected constant shaft rotation speed during a normal operation period and a traversing yarn guide means for cross-winding yarn on the rotating package at a frequency of traverse (f) selected in correspondence with the contemporaneous rate of rotation (n) of the rotating shaft, the ratio of the rate of rotation (n) to the frequency of traverse (f) being expressed as n:f, and the shaft being operatively connected to the means for rotating the package such that the shaft rotates at an increasingly reduced speed of shaft rotation during a running out period following de-activation of the means for rotating the package, with the increasingly reduced speed of the shaft decreasing from the selected constant shaft rotation speed, means for controlling the frequency of traverse (f) with respect to the rate of rotation (n) to produce a lesser n:f ratio during said running out period than the n:f ratio during the operational period of constant shaft rotation speed prior to said running out period.