thread guide 30 a u201c tangling device u201d 19 and a second drawing galette device 29 2 the components disposed upstream of the cooling drum 17 may be as in the exemplary embodiment according to fig1 or 2 to which reference is made here in the variant embodiment illustrated in fig5 the compound thread 21 after crimping and after cooling on the periphery of the cooling drum 17 is drawn off via the first galette device 29 1 the galette device 29 1 is shown here as a driven galette with an associated coordinated roll for post treatment the compound thread 21 is separated into individual threads 6 1 6 3 by passing the individual threads through a separating thread guide 30 before they enter the tangling device 19 in the tangling device 19 the separately advancing individual threads 6 1 6 3 are once again subjected to whirl tangling and re combined into a compound thread 21 the compound thread 21 is drawn off via the drawing galette 29 2 and is passed on to the winding device 20 where it is wound onto the bobbin 23 the separation of the compound thread prior to post treatment allows production of additional special visual effects in this connection it is possible that prior to the post treatment at least one of the individual threads is subjected to additional treatment in the.