Equipment and process to supply winding tubes to the individual collection stations of a textile machine

摘要

Equipment and process to supply winding tubes (14) to the individual reeling stations (8) of a textile machine, and to carry out the subsequent insertion of the new winding tube between the bobbin holder arms of the collection station.;More particularly, said equipment comprises, in coordinated cooperation:- an accumulator device (10) wherein a number of reserve winding tubes (14) are positioned, aligned with and following each other to be supplied, in an ordered fashion, and one at a time, to the collecting user device;- a belt or cable transfer device (22), which receives the individual, orientated, winding tube, and transfers it, in axial position, to the winding station in the doffing step, on request by the same, or on a time-­preceding request;- a device (20) performing the task of intercepting, collecting and inserting the new winding tube transferred to the automatic doffing unit either in reserve position, or directly conveyed between the bobbin holder arms of the winding station.