A system for compacting textile fibres utilizing a plurality of portable upwardly opening bins (11, 11') which have openable bottoms. The bins are transported from a plurality of fibre filling stations (17) to a single compression station (10) by a four-part transport means utilizing a dual carriage cross shuttle (18,22,23) which moves the portable bins to and from positions adjacent the filling stations (17) and the compression station (10). A pair of dedicated bin transporters (19,21) are utilized to transport the bins, such that one transporter (19) delivers full bins (11') from the filling stations (17) to a position adjacent the compression station (10) while the other transporter (21) delivers empty bins (11) from the compression station to a position adjacent each filling station. |