Twisting machine

In a machine for twisting several filament yarn strands wrapped on spools, including a creel for supporting the spools, a delivery system which includes several feed rollers, a first thread guide supported along the thread path between the spools and the delivery system for movement back and forth in directions parallel to the axes of the feed rollers and having a guideway for each of the yarn strands, thread-guiding means following the delivery system, a rotatable spindle for supporting a winding bobbin, a second thread guide arranged along an extension of the axis of the spindle and having a respective guide eyelet for each yarn strand, and a third thread guide which follows the second thread guide and has an opening through which all yarn strands are guided together, the improvement comprising wherein the first thread guide is a first guide roller which has a circumferential guide groove for each yarn strand and is freely rotatable about an axis which extends generally parallel to the feed roller axes, and wherein the thread-guiding means includes a second guide roller which is supported for rotational and axial movement with respect to an axis generally parallel to the feed roller axes and which has a circumferential guide groove for each yarn strand.