Transport device for rotatably and/or linearly moving a workpiece

A transport apparatus having a transport element that is suitable for receiving a workpiece and that is movable at least one of rotationally and linearly by means of a motor from a first position of rest into a second position of rest, wherein the transport element is drive-effectively connected to at least one entrainer that engages into a drive groove of a barrel cam that can be driven by the motor that is controllable by means of a programmable control apparatus on the basis of a motor control curve, wherein the drive groove has a variable pitch at least regionally;

• and wherein the motor control curve likewise has a variable pitch at least regionally, with the movement of the transport element resulting from a simultaneous superposition of a first movement component that is based on a region of variable pitch of the drive groove and of a second movement component that is based on a variable pitch region of the motor control curve.