Apparatus for turning elongate objects (G) of which the height is at most as great as their width (B), which in turn is less than their length (L), out of a feed orientation, in which the elongate objects (G) are conveyed with their narrow side, corresponding to the width (B), facing forward, into a discharge orientation, in which the elongate objects (B) are conveyed with their long side, corresponding to the length (L), facing forward, the apparatus comprising: • a feed device , • a turning worm screw and • a discharge device , wherein the turning worm screw comprises at least one worm channel , which is open radially outwards and is delimited by a feed side delimiting wall , a discharge side delimiting wall and a radially inner circumferential wall , wherein both the feed side delimiting wall and the discharge side delimiting wall of the at least one worm channel have a screw pitch which reduces from a feed end to a discharge end of the turning worm screw , wherein the discharge device is assigned to the discharge end of the turning worm screw , characterized in that a feed path of the feed device approaches a feed portion of the turning worm screw at the side, which portion adjoins the feed end of the turning worm screw , and that the circumferential angular position of the discharge side delimiting wall of the at least one worm channel on the side of the feed portion of the turning worm screw facing away from the feed end increases, in the circumferential direction, by at least 180° divided by the number of worm channels. • a feed device , • a turning worm screw and • a discharge device , wherein the turning worm screw comprises at least one worm channel , which is open radially outwards and is delimited by a feed side delimiting wall , a discharge side delimiting wall and a radially inner circumferential wall , wherein both the feed side delimiting wall and the discharge side delimiting wall of the at least one worm channel have a screw pitch which reduces from a feed end to a discharge end of the turning worm screw , wherein the discharge device is assigned to the discharge end of the turning worm screw , characterized in that a feed path of the feed device approaches a feed portion of the turning worm screw at the side, which portion adjoins the feed end of the turning worm screw , and that the circumferential angular position of the discharge side delimiting wall of the at least one worm channel on the side of the feed portion of the turning worm screw facing away from the feed end increases, in the circumferential direction, by at least 180° divided by the number of worm channels. wherein the turning worm screw comprises at least one worm channel , which is open radially outwards and is delimited by a feed side delimiting wall , a discharge side delimiting wall and a radially inner circumferential wall , wherein both the feed side delimiting wall and the discharge side delimiting wall of the at least one worm channel have a screw pitch which reduces from a feed end to a discharge end of the turning worm screw , wherein the discharge device is assigned to the discharge end of the turning worm screw , characterized in that a feed path of the feed device approaches a feed portion of the turning worm screw at the side, which portion adjoins the feed end of the turning worm screw , and that the circumferential angular position of the discharge side delimiting wall of the at least one worm channel on the side of the feed portion of the turning worm screw facing away from the feed end increases, in the circumferential direction, by at least 180° divided by the number of worm channels. <EOS>