collar of a non conductive plastic material mounted within the collar are at least three vertical rows of cathode electrodes 30 that are connected via line 32 to the negative terminal of the high voltage power supply 24 opposite each vertical row of cathodes 30 is a vertical row of anode electrodes 34 connected via line 36 to the positive terminal of the power supply 24 fig3 more clearly illustrates the row arrangement of the electrodes 30 and 34 to provide separation and prevent arcing between adjacent electrodes a plurality of t section insulators 38 are mounted within the collar 16 the insulators support a screen 40 at the cross bar of the t section which screen is in coaxial alignment with the collar 16 and prevents any filament contact with the electrodes also mounted to opposite insulators are at least two non conductive plastic tubes 42 that are closed at the top of the collar and connected at the bottom to the air supply 22 a plurality of vertically spaced orifice 44 are located in each air supply tube such that cooling air is directed to the axis of the collar for quenching filament 12 in applying the electrostatic collar 16 to the production of polymer filaments the following should be considered 1 the force whether electrostatic or air must be balanced or the resultant force kept to a minimum such that the filament or filament group will not be pushed to one side 2 since the polymer is a poor conductor static charges will build up surrounding the filament this charge if not evenly distributed will eventually push the filament to the cathode or anode electrodes 3 when spinning multiple filament yarns charge may.