They are washed using the same automated equipment used in horticulture and tomato growing in glasshouses.

They are easy to apply by a wide variety of automated equipment, or they can be applied by hand.

Stiffer pallets are more durable, and are handled more easily by automated equipment.

In more recent times, freeze-drying, water binding humectants, and fully automated equipment with temperature and humidity control have been added.

Plating equipment evolved from manually operated tar-lined wooden tanks to automated equipment, capable of processing thousands of kilograms per hour of parts.