However, the characteristic that makes Profilati Alluminio stand out among other aluminum window profile manufacturers lies in the technology used by the company that allows the creation of very small and thin, customized extrusions which are difficult to find on the market.
Columns are the round or square pillars, posts or poles that flank an entranceway, and a cover flange or escutcheon is a piece of metal that is used for decoration or protection. These are typically found around the base of a post or at a point where the rail ends against a solid wall.
The decorative pieces that sit atop a post on a wrought iron fence in order to cover it are called post caps. These keep debris and water from building up inside the post, and they come in a range of designs from ball style caps to less ornate ‘flat’ or ‘standard’ post caps.