The present invention relates to a method and apparatus (01) for distributing bulk material into a variable number of lines (02). According to the present invention, the bulk material is first transported along the longitudinal axis (02) and the rotational movement around the longitudinal axis (02) is then superimposed on the transport along the longitudinal axis (02), and the rotational movement is achieved by pushing around the longitudinal axis (02) and, depending from the direction of rotation in which the bulk material is pushed around the longitudinal axis (02), said bulk material is transported to different planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (02) and distributed on a different number of lines (01) extending in different planes. In the first direction of rotation, the bulk material is distributed in a first number of lines (01) extending in at least one first plane, and in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation, in a second number of lines (01) extending in at least one second plane, the second number being different from the first number of lines. The device (100) comprises a housing (101), which extends along the longitudinal axis (02) and in whose interior at least one rotationally symmetric part (107) is located. The interior of the housing contains an inlet (110), as well as a first outlet (117) located in the rotationally symmetric part at a first distance along the longitudinal axis (02) from the inlet, to which the first number of lines (01) are connected. A second outlet (118), to which a second number of lines (01) is connected, is located between the inlet (110) and the first outlet (117). The second outlet (118) is located in the rotationally symmetric part (107), the axis of symmetry of which extends along the longitudinal axis (02) and which is at least partially occupied by the rotor (07). The rotor (07) contains at least one pushing wall (04) directed radially inward to the longitudinal axis (02) a
