A winding machine having a transporting device for directly supplying to the winding machine bobbins or spun coils from a spinning machine, and for returning ejected tube sleeves to the spinning machine, includes a device for comparing and adjusting a flow of the tube sleeves returned from the winding machine to a requirement for tube sleeves by the spinning machine, the transporting device being connected with a device for holding back ejected tube sleeves which are at least partly wound.

The spindle moves on a rotational axis and is joined by other additional axes, such as a rotating eye axis or yaw motion axis. These additional axes provide the flexibility for a filament winder to create precise and complex patterns. Some winders can even precisely place specific fibers where needed, to ensure characteristics such as thermal stability in a particular area. A multiple spindle winder is capable of producing complex shapes, not just cylindrical, and can produce very large parts as well as very small.