Manufacturing system configured to carry out a method for additively manufacturing a plurality of ophthalmic devices and such a method

A manufacturing system configured to carry out a method for additively manufacturing a plurality of ophthalmic devices, the manufacturing system comprising:

• at least one tank filled with a volume of a predetermined material;
• a single curing device configured to cure volumes of the predetermined material to harden layers of the ophthalmic devices to be manufactured;
• a layering device configured to layer volumes of the predetermined material onto harden layers of the ophthalmic devices to be manufactured;
• and
• a determined number of a plurality of building platforms movable relative to the at least one tank and on which are supported the ophthalmic devices to be manufactured, the number of building platforms being determined at least in function of:
• the predetermined material,
• a curing time for the single curing device to cure a volume of the predetermined material to form a hardened layer of at least one ophthalmic device, and
• a layering time for the layering device to provide a volume of the predetermined material to form a subsequent layer to be hardened of at least one ophthalmic device,
• the number of the building platforms being determined so that the layering device and the single curing device are able to respectively perform a curing step and a layering step simultaneously on layers of different ophthalmic devices.