Abstract: An arrangement for driving a warp beam employs a stepless adjustable drive (7) whose coupling element (8) is displaced by a setting member (11). The setting member (11) is controlled-by a computer (10) which provides an input arrangement (17) for the take-up of data of a predetermined thread provision (F); as well as data on the machine, the stepless adjustable drive (7) and the beam (3). The data includes a wind variable size (actual wind number w.sub.a), and data characterizing the actual wind circumference (U.sub.a). The computer has a calculating segment (18) and an output (19). With such an arrangement, the coupling element (8) can be brought into the correct target position, even before the start of the machine. The computing means can also serve as part of the control arrangement during the running of the machine.