an apparatus and method for melt spinning a plurality of downwardly advancing multifilament polymeric yarns , and winding the advancing yarns into respective packages . each of the advancing yarns is brought into contact with a separate yarn delivery mechanism which acts to control the yarn tension before the yarn is wound into a package . thus , the yarn tension of all of the yarns can be made substantially the same when they are wound into packages , which permits all of the packages to have the same winding structure and the same packing density .