a plurality of spinning units arranged in a row in a gas tight heated container and each spinning unit comprises upper and lower coaxial pipes which are interconnected by means of a common supporting plate the melt metering pump and the spinneret assembly are mounted within the pipes a method of fabricating the apparatus is also disclosed application_number US 92320597 A description fig1 shows as a first embodiment the cross section of a melt spinning apparatus 1 having a rectangular cross section with the melt supply line 7 spinning unit 9 and heating system the central part of the spinning unit 9 is a circular cylindrical supporting plate 4 from the bottom edge of which a pipe portion 3 assembly pipe is slipped on and fastened in a gas and pressure tight manner e g by welding inside the assembly pipe 3 a melt metering pump spinning pump which comprises a top lateral plate 10 a housing plate 11 collar plate receiving the gear wheels 13 14 a bottom lateral plate 12 and the drive shaft 15 extending from above through a hole in the supporting plate 4 to the gear wheel 13 is fastened not shown preferably detachably to the underside of the supporting plate 4 for supplying melt to the spinning pump 10 15 a melt distribution line 8a is provided in the supporting plate 4 which leads from the periphery of the supporting plate to the spinning pump inlet the line 8a also is connected by a branch line 8 to the melt supply line 7 here.