have one spindle shaped part 33d for receiving the yarn winding the spinning cake located in the pot is packaged or rewound onto the spindle shaped part the spindle shaped parts 33a to 33d of the yarn holders 32a to 32d are each disposed upright and centered on a cylindrical plate 34a to 34d of the respective yarn holder the spindle shaped parts 33a to 33d for receiving the loose cop must be aligned precisely centered to the respective pot 8a to 8d in other words they are directly opposite the applicable yarn guide 6a to 6d to assure proper alignment of the yarn holders the position of the spindle shaped parts 33a to 33d is monitored by a sensor 35a to 35d at the respective spinning station 2a to 2d the sensors 35a to 35d are connected to the control device 22 by signal lines 36a to 36d the conveyor belt 27 is moved until the yarn holders 32 with their spindle shaped parts 33 are precisely aligned with the sensors 35 the diameters of the cylindrical plates 34a to 34d of the various yarn holders 32a to 32d are adapted to the width of a spinning station in the case of abutting yarn holders located one after the other the spacings of the spindle shaped parts 33a to 33d for receiving a yarn package are identical to the spacings between one another of the center axes of the spinning pots 8a to 8d once the first yarn holder is correctly positioned or in other words when its spindle shaped part is centered with respect to.