Abstract: A device for feeding a yarn to a textile machine includes a housing with which a rotary member is associated to cooperate with the yarn unwinding from a package and directed, on leaving the device, to the machine where it is processed. Correct feed of the yarn is monitored by a feed controller associated with the housing in accordance with at least one measured parameter related to the rotary member or to an intrinsic characteristic of the yarn such as its tension or its feed velocity. A yarn cutting member is provided. This is connected to and controlled by the controller on the basis of the measured parameter of the yarn. The cutting member is activated by the controller to cut the yarn whenever the parameter monitored by the controller has a value exceeding a predetermined required value.

Abstract: A filament winding apparatus equipped with a transfer mechanism of a terminating end of a fiber bundle using a transfer ring that can be switched from a mandrel after the winding process to a mandrel before the winding process. A cutter cuts a fiber bundle wound around a first transfer ring integral with a mandrel after the winding process and a second transfer ring is moved to the mandrel before the winding process between the first and second transfer rings; and a friction roller positions and holds the second transfer ring when cutting the fiber bundle. The friction roller is pressed and biased against the second transfer ring by a compression spring.