Faceplates and mounting boxes are where structured cabling meets the wall: the plates, surface-mount boxes, and inserts that finish a cable run into a serviceable outlet. The selection covers the port counts, insert styles, and mounting formats that cabling installations call for, from single-gang office drops to multi-port plates for dense workspaces.
The specification is set by the cabling system: keystone-style plates and boxes accept the jacks the installer terminates, so plate, insert, and jack need to come from compatible product families. Count ports per drop with a spare - pulling one extra cable during construction costs almost nothing compared to opening the wall later - and use surface-mount boxes where the wall cannot be opened at all. Consistent labeling across plates is what makes the patch panel map mean something. COLAMCO supplies faceplates and boxes in bulk with cabling orders for business, government, and education build-outs.