Abstract: An arrangement for stretching thermoplastic fibers of synthetic polymers, particularly polypropylene, polyester or polyamide, for producing high strength yarns,comprises a delivery mechanism for delivering fibers, a stretching mechanism for stretching fibers, and a plurality of heated rollers arranged between the delivery mechanism and the stretching mechanism for deviating the fibers and means for applying to the fibers a force which is opposite to a direction of movement of the fibers, none of the rollers being driven and at least one of said rollers is provided with a brake, the fibers passing around the rollers without slippage.

Abstract: The package of spinning nozzles is assembled of a nozzle plate, an intermediate plate and a cover plate. The upper side of the nozzle plate is provided with a plurality of parallel grooves each having a bottom wall formed with a series of spinning nozzles. The lower side of the intermediate plate is formed with a plurality of lamellae projecting into the corresponding grooves of the nozzle plate. Each lamella has a series of throughbores which are aligned with respective spinning nozzles. The intermediate plate is formed with a transverse main distributing channel which communicates at opposite sides thereof with distributing branch channels extending between the lamellae and being delimited by the upper side of the nozzle plate. The distributing branch channels communicate with respective spinning nozzles via curved recesses formed in the lateral walls of the grooves. The bottom side of the cover plate is formed with a dome-shaped recess enclosing the inlets of the through-bores in the intermediate plate.