Rotary press

A rotary press comprising a rotor rotatable by means of a rotary drive, wherein the rotor has an upper punch guide for upper pressing punches and a lower punch guide for lower pressing punches as well as a die plate arranged between the punch guides, wherein the pressing punches interact with cavities of the die plate, wherein the rotary press further comprises a filling apparatus, by means of which powder material to be pressed is filled into the cavities of the die plate, and wherein the rotary press comprises a pressure apparatus with an upper pressure unit and a lower pressure unit which, during operation, interact with the upper pressing punches and with the lower pressing punches (16) to press the powder material in the cavities of the die plate to form pellets, and wherein the rotary press comprises a removal apparatus for removing pellets ejected onto the upper side of the die plate by the lower pressing punches after pressing, wherein the removal apparatus has a removal channel arranged at least in portions above the die plate, so that pellets ejected from the cavities onto the upper side of the die plate by the lower pressing punches are conducted along the removal channel from the die plate to a first pellet outlet, wherein the portion of the removal channel arranged above the die plate has a vacuum apparatus, by means of which the pellets located on the die plate are sucked along the removal channel to the first pellet outlet.