Dispensing unit and dispensing system

A dispensing system comprising:

• a lead screw;
• a plurality of dispensing units, each of the dispensing units comprising:
• a hollow reservoir configured to accommodate a syringe and including an elongated nipple at one end of the reservoir, said elongated nipple providing a fluid path for liquid material dispensed from the syringe when supported in said reservoir and having holes disposed near an end thereof;
• a piston including a piston shaft disposed therein;
• and
• a bracket adapted to receive the elongated nipple of the reservoir such that the fluid path for the liquid material is oriented towards a nozzle disposed in the bracket, and to receive the piston oriented with respect to the elongated nipple of the reservoir such that the piston shaft is aligned with the holes in the elongated nipple and the nozzle, the piston shaft thereby being displaceable through said holes towards said nozzle,
• wherein the dispensing units are arranged so as to be laterally displaceable along a length of the dispensing system defined by the lead screw;
• a first motor configured to drive the lead screw so as to displace the dispensing units along a length of the lead screw;
• and
• means for selectively actuating the pistons of the dispensing units so as to displace the respective piston shafts of the dispensing units with respect to the respective nozzles of the respective brackets of the dispensing units.