A method for operating a textile machine which serves to produce roving, - wherein during roving production a roving having a protective twist is produced by means of at least one consolidating means from a fiber bundle that is fed to the consolidating means, - wherein the roving produced by the consolidating means is wound by a winding device and a traversing element onto a tube arranged in the region of a winding position, - wherein a tube change takes place after the tube has been fully or partially wound with roving, - wherein both the wound tube and the tube that is empty at the start of the tube change rotate about a rotation axle during the tube change, - wherein during the tube change by a tube change device the wound tube is moved from the winding position into the region of a tube removal position and the tube that is empty at the start of the tube change is moved from the tube removal position into the region of the winding position; - wherein the production of the roving is not interrupted during the tube change, wherein the roving produced by the consolidating means is wound onto the wound tube during the tube change at least until it comes into contact with the empty tube as a result of the tube change, - wherein the roving comes into contact with an adhesive strip of the empty tube, is grasped by the adhesive strip and is wound onto the empty tube, and the roving is cut between the wound tube and the empty tube, and - wherein the roving delivery speed of the consolidating means during the tube change remains constant and/or differs by at most 30% from the roving delivery speed that the consolidating means has before and/or after the tube change characterized in that the roving during the tube change by means of the traversing element is wound in the region of a top or bottom cone of the bobbin onto the roving located on the tube in a helical manner, wherein the roving is in contact with the wound tube and the empty tube, and wherein the contact takes place outside the adhesive strip of the empty tube. - wherein during roving production a roving having a protective twist is produced by means of at least one consolidating means from a fiber bundle that is fed to the consolidating means, - wherein the roving produced by the consolidating means is wound by a winding device and a traversing element onto a tube arranged in the region of a winding position, - wherein a tube change takes place after the tube has been fully or partially wound with roving, - wherein both the wound tube and the tube that is empty at the start of the tube change rotate about a rotation axle during the tube change, - wherein during the tube change by a tube change device the wound tube is moved from the winding position into the region of a tube removal position and the tube that is empty at the start of the tube change is moved from the tube removal position into the region of the winding position; - wherein the production of the roving is not interrupted during the tube change, wherein the roving produced by the consolidating means is wound onto the wound tube during the tube change at least until it comes into contact with the empty tube as a result of the tube change, - wherein the roving comes into contact with an adhesive strip of the empty tube, is grasped by the adhesive strip and is wound onto the empty tube, and the roving is cut between the wound tube and the empty tube, and - wherein the roving delivery speed of the consolidating means during the tube change remains constant and/or differs by at most 30% from the roving delivery speed that the consolidating means has before and/or after the tube change