A linear-motor type transport device for transporting material for an absorbent article comprising: a shaft portion having an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, the shaft portion being supported such that the axial direction extends horizontally from a vertically erected wall; a pair of guide portions disposed on the shaft portion with a predetermined axial-direction space between the pair of guide portions, the pair of guide portions forming an orbital transport path that extends along the circumferential direction; a mobile unit that moves on the transport path along the guide portions while supporting a transport head rotatably about a rotation axis, the rotation axis extending along the radial direction, the transport head transporting a material for an absorbent article; a cam mechanism that rotates the transport head about the rotation axis through a predetermined angle when the mobile unit is moved on the transport path; and a control unit that moves the mobile unit, the moving being performed by supplying currents to a plurality of conductors and generating a propulsive force between the conductor and a magnet that is disposed on the mobile unit, the plurality of conductors being disposed along the transport path, the cam mechanism and the magnet being arranged between the pair of guide portions in the axial direction, wherein the conductors are driven to rotate in the circumferential direction. a shaft portion having an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, the shaft portion being supported such that the axial direction extends horizontally from a vertically erected wall; a pair of guide portions disposed on the shaft portion with a predetermined axial-direction space between the pair of guide portions, the pair of guide portions forming an orbital transport path that extends along the circumferential direction; a mobile unit that moves on the transport path along the guide portions while supporting a transport head rotatably about a rotation axis, the rotation axis extending along the radial direction, the transport head transporting a material for an absorbent article; the rotation axis extending along the radial direction, the transport head transporting a material for an absorbent article; a cam mechanism that rotates the transport head about the rotation axis through a predetermined angle when the mobile unit is moved on the transport path; and a control unit that moves the mobile unit, the moving being performed by supplying currents to a plurality of conductors and generating a propulsive force between the conductor and a magnet that is disposed on the mobile unit, the plurality of conductors being disposed along the transport path, the moving being performed by supplying currents to a plurality of conductors and generating a propulsive force between the conductor and a magnet that is disposed on the mobile unit, the plurality of conductors being disposed along the transport path, the cam mechanism and the magnet being arranged between the pair of guide portions in the axial direction, wherein the conductors are driven to rotate in the circumferential direction.