While visiting a Russian manufacturing facility in 1978, John Carter was again faced with the challenge of finding a better way to dispense adhesives.
Several years earlier, in 1972, his company, EFD—Electron Fusion Devices, developed an automatic fluid dispenser, the 1000V-100. This dispenser used adjustable air pressure to dispense shots of material. It relied on a foot pedal to regulate dispensing speed and determine material amount.