A method of removing an ophthalmic lens from a lens mold portion is provided and includes reciprocally displacing a region of the mold portion and thereby causing an edge portion of the ophthalmic lenses to become detached from the mold portion. Related apparatus, methods of manufacturing ophthalmic lenses, delensing stations, and manufacturing times are provided.

A rotary tablet press having a rotatably driven rotor and a die plate with a plurality of die bores. A plurality of upper and lower punches are configured to produce tablets in the plurality of die bores. The tablets are monitored for one or more characteristics and are sorted by an ejection apparatus according to the one or more characteristics into a reject channel and a satisfactory channel.

The present invention is a transfer device for unloading a resin molded article from one mold provided with a resin injection unit, the resin molded article being unloaded by the transfer device from one mold provided with a resin injection unit having a member projecting between at least part of the resin molded article and another mold, wherein the resin injection unit has a member projecting between at least part of the resin molded article and the other mold, and the transfer device is equipped with a holding member for holding the resin molded article and a horizontal movement mechanism that causes the holding member holding the resin molded article to move in the horizontal direction to separate the resin molded article from the resin injection unit.