A pipetting apparatus having: - at least one pipetting unit that comprises a pipetting conduit ; - a guidance arrangement having at least one guidance rail on which the at least one pipetting unit is guided to move along a motion axis (B); - a linear drive arrangement with which the at least one pipetting unit is drivable to move along the motion axis (B), the linear drive apparatus comprising a stator that is stationary relative to the guidance arrangement , and the at least one pipetting unit constituting a rotor, movable relative to the stator along the motion axis (B), of the linear drive arrangement ; the stator comprising a stator magnet arrangement connected fixedly to the guidance arrangement ; the stator magnet arrangement encompassing a plurality of magnets that are arranged to follow one another with alternating magnetic-pole orientations (P) along the motion axis (B); and the rotor comprising at least one energizable electromagnetic rotor magnet arrangement that is located oppositely from the stator magnet arrangement along a gap axis (G) orthogonal to the motion direction (B), characterized in that the pipetting apparatus comprises at least two rotor magnet arrangements that interact in drive-force-generating fashion with the same common stator magnet arrangement and that are arranged with a spacing from one another along a spacing axis (A) orthogonal to the motion axis (B), the common stator magnet arrangement being located between the at least two rotor magnet arrangements . - at least one pipetting unit that comprises a pipetting conduit ; - a guidance arrangement having at least one guidance rail on which the at least one pipetting unit is guided to move along a motion axis (B); - a linear drive arrangement with which the at least one pipetting unit is drivable to move along the motion axis (B), the linear drive apparatus comprising a stator that is stationary relative to the guidance arrangement , and the at least one pipetting unit constituting a rotor, movable relative to the stator along the motion axis (B), of the linear drive arrangement ; the stator comprising a stator magnet arrangement connected fixedly to the guidance arrangement ; the stator magnet arrangement encompassing a plurality of magnets that are arranged to follow one another with alternating magnetic-pole orientations (P) along the motion axis (B); and the rotor comprising at least one energizable electromagnetic rotor magnet arrangement that is located oppositely from the stator magnet arrangement along a gap axis (G) orthogonal to the motion direction (B), characterized in that the pipetting apparatus comprises at least two rotor magnet arrangements that interact in drive-force-generating fashion with the same common stator magnet arrangement and that are arranged with a spacing from one another along a spacing axis (A) orthogonal to the motion axis (B), the common stator magnet arrangement being located between the at least two rotor magnet arrangements . the stator comprising a stator magnet arrangement connected fixedly to the guidance arrangement ; the stator magnet arrangement encompassing a plurality of magnets that are arranged to follow one another with alternating magnetic-pole orientations (P) along the motion axis (B); and the rotor comprising at least one energizable electromagnetic rotor magnet arrangement that is located oppositely from the stator magnet arrangement along a gap axis (G) orthogonal to the motion direction (B), characterized in that the pipetting apparatus comprises at least two rotor magnet arrangements that interact in drive-force-generating fashion with the same common stator magnet arrangement and that are arranged with a spacing from one another along a spacing axis (A) orthogonal to the motion axis (B), the common stator magnet arrangement being located between the at least two rotor magnet arrangements . <EOS>