DEVICE ON A SPINNING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING A FIBRE BUNDLE
A compacting zone (11) is arranged after the drawing unit on a spinning machine, in which a drawn, non-spinning fibre bundle is compacted. An air-permeable transport belt (12) serves to transport the fibre bundle through the compacting zone (11), running over a sliding face (13), provided with a suction slot (16). The end of the compacting zone is defined by a pinch roller (17), sitting on the sliding face. The pressure roller (7) of the output roller pair (7, 2) on the drawing unit presses the transport belt (12) against the sliding face (13) and thus drives the same.