machine is provided to which the individual bobbin drive rollers 23 are fixed in an alternative embodiment however a single motor drive of the bobbin drive roller 23 is also possible in a case such as this the drive of the bobbin drive roller 23 is connected by a corresponding control line to the spinning station 39 s own control device 9 in the region of the winding device 33 a yarn lifting device not shown known per se may also be installed a yarn lifting device of this type prevents the yarn unintentionally being able to be captured during the piecing process by the traversing yarn traversing device 26 in other words the yarn lifting device configured for example as a foldable plate firstly holds the yarn 30 during the actual piecing process at a spacing above the yarn traversing device 26 moving back and forth the spinning mechanism 3 substantially as known has a spinning rotor 4 a fiber band opening roller 12 and a fiber band draw in cylinder 14 according to the embodiment of fig1 the spinning rotor 4 is for example mounted in a support disc bearing 5 and is driven by a tangential belt 6 along the length of the machine to record the rotational speed of the spinning rotor 4 a sensor device 8 may also be provided which is then connected via a signal line 40 to the control device 9 the fiber band opening roller 12 is preferably also acted upon via a tangential belt 13 along the length.