Spinning method

A method for spinning a multifilament thread from a thermoplastic material, the method comprising:

• extruding a melted thermoplastic material through a spinneret having a plurality of spinneret holes to form a filament bundle comprised of a plurality of filaments,
• winding the filaments as thread after solidifying,
• and cooling the filament bundle beneath the spinneret, the cooling being conducted in two steps,
• wherein a first step of the cooling is conducted in a first cooling zone and a second step of the cooling is conducted in a second cooling zone that is beneath the first cooling zone,
• wherein in the first cooling zone, the gaseous cooling medium is blown from a blowing device and a gaseous cooling medium flow is directed in such a way that it flows through the filament bundle transversely by sucking the gaseous cooling medium with a suction device after the gaseous cooling medium flows through the filament bundle, at least a portion of the filament bundle in the first cooling zone being disposed between the blowing device and the suction device, and
• wherein the gaseous cooling medium blown from the blowing device leaves the filament bundle substantially completely on a side opposite an inflow side within the first cooling zone, and
• wherein in the second cooling zone, the filament bundle is cooled further through self-suction of a gaseous cooling medium surrounding the filament bundle.