Material dispensing system and method

A material dispensing system comprising:

• a housing having a configuration capable of receiving a packaging containing a material therein;
• at least one piston rod at least partially slidably received in said housing, said piston rod having a configuration capable of compressing the packaging;
• at least one motor;
• at least one planetary gear operably engageable with at least one sun gear, said planetary gear being operably coupled with an output of said motor, said sun gear being selectively operably coupled with said piston rod for powered translation of said piston rod in at least one of a forward direction and a reverse direction;
• a ring gear configured to receive and operably engageable with said planetary gear, said ring gear defining multiple radially arranged notches;
• a trigger includes an extension that is received in a slot defined in said lock block;
• a lock block moveable to operably engage with said ring gear to prevent said ring gear from rotating, said lock block including a detent configured to be receivable in at least one of said notches when said lock block is moved in an engagement position upon depression of said trigger;
• and
• a gearbox configured to receive said planetary gear, said sun gear, said ring gear and said lock block, said gearbox defining a channel configured to slidable receive said lock block;
• wherein an axis of rotation of said sun gear is parallel with a longitudinal axis of said piston rod.