Pivoting device for a cutting tool of a processing machine, in particular of a press, a shear press, or a similar cutting plant, for producing blanks (20.1, 20.2, 20.3...) from a material web or a coil, respectively, which is feedable to the pivoting device or to the cutting tool, respectively, in cyclical manner, comprising: - a stationary base-plate installation; - a rotary table that is disposed so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis on the base-plate installation, the cutting tool being connectable to said rotary table in particular by way of a tool receptacle installation; - a bearing device for bearing the rotary table so as to be rotatable on the base-plate installation; - a rotary drive for the rotary table; - a control installation which for setting the operating parameters of the pivoting device, such as the rotary angle of the rotary table, the rotating speed, etc., for the respective pivoting procedure of the cutting tool communicates with the rotary drive after each feeding cycle of the material web; - wherein the rotary drive is configured as a linear motor/segment motor having primary units or a motor unit, respectively, and secondary units or magnet units, respectively; characterized in that - the primary units and secondary units (42, 44) are disposed in a horizontal manner; - the primary units are disposed on the base-plate installation, and the secondary units are disposed on the rotary table; - the bearing device has an axial bearing installation (60.1, 60.2) and a radial bearing installation (50.1, 50.2); - the bearing device (50.1, 60.1) is configured as a hydrostatic bearing device or the bearing device is configured as a friction bearing device or as a roller/ball bearing device, wherein a sprung lifting installation which raises the axial bearing installation during the pivoting procedure and after the pivoting procedure, that is to say in the cutting procedure, lands said axial bearing installation on a fixed support face, is provided. - a stationary base-plate installation; - a rotary table that is disposed so as to be rotatable about a pivot axis on the base-plate installation, the cutting tool being connectable to said rotary table in particular by way of a tool receptacle installation; - a bearing device for bearing the rotary table so as to be rotatable on the base-plate installation; - a rotary drive for the rotary table; - a control installation which for setting the operating parameters of the pivoting device, such as the rotary angle of the rotary table, the rotating speed, etc., for the respective pivoting procedure of the cutting tool communicates with the rotary drive after each feeding cycle of the material web; - wherein the rotary drive is configured as a linear motor/segment motor having primary units or a motor unit, respectively, and secondary units or magnet units, respectively; - the primary units and secondary units (42, 44) are disposed in a horizontal manner; - the primary units are disposed on the base-plate installation, and the secondary units are disposed on the rotary table; - the bearing device has an axial bearing installation (60.1, 60.2) and a radial bearing installation (50.1, 50.2); - the bearing device (50.1, 60.1) is configured as a hydrostatic bearing device