AN ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE SLIDE SURFACE FOR USE ON AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OR ON A COMPRESSOR

The present invention relates to an element (1) that works sliding of an internal combustion engine and/or of a compressor, which undergoes friction and the received a nitrided hard ceramic coating (4) by an HIPIMS process. Such a coating (4) exhibits, as a particularity, the fact that one manages to dominate the inner tensions of the coating (4) independently of its growth, which enables one to carry out coatings (4) with thicknesses greater than the conventional ones, resulting in a substantial increase in the resistance to wear.