stainless steel copper bronze gold silver platinum and other alloys in an alternate embodiment the invention comprises a collector plate configured as a drum 400 which can be placed into a yarn spinning apparatus as shown in fig6 at any point during collection of fibers prior to initiation during collection or after collection initiation the drum is engaged with a belt that is in turn engaged with a mandrel that can spin in one direction and free ends of the collected fibers are attached to another drum engaged with another belt that is engaged with a different mandrel which spins in a direction opposite from that of the first mandrel the resulting yarns can be post processed into higher order structures such as ropes by attaching opposite ends of multiple yarns to opposing drums and spinning them in opposite directions as described above in some embodiments of the invention the polymers used in the present invention include additives such as metallic or ceramic particles to yield fibers having a composite structure the devices and methods of the present invention may be further understood according to the following non limiting examples homogeneous fibers made of poly lactic co glycolic acid l plga were manufactured in accordance with the present invention a solution containing 4 5 wt of 85 15 l plga in hexafluoroisopropanol was pumped into one end of a 10 cm long hollow tube 1 cm diameter having a 0 4 cm slit of the present invention at a rate of 8 milliliters per hour a grounded flat rectangular collecting plate was placed approximately 15 centimeters from the slit.