side of cabinet 18 spinning operation 10 may also be a u2018 pass through u2019 spinning operation where filaments exit through the bottom end of the cabinet 18 the applicator 24 is located at the lowermost end of the cabinet and in the vicinity of outlet 20 u2018 in the vicinity of outlet 20 u2019 means from about six inches 15 25 cm before to about six inches 15 25 cm after the outlet 20 and before the lubricator 30 in one embodiment applicator 24 is located within the cabinet before the outlet or at the outlet but in the cabinet lubricant discussed in greater detail below is supplied to applicator 24 from a lubricant supply 26 via metering pump 28 in one embodiment pump 28 is a peristaltic pump lubricant application rates are less than 40 cc min when the filaments number 80 620 filaments per cabinet to avoid excess lubricant for subsequent processing of the tow preferably the rate is less than 20 cc min and most preferably the rate is 5 10 cc min lubricant may be selected from the group consisting of water oil in water emulsions and oils typically oils are mineral oils as is well known in the art.