In this work a DLC film was deposited over ion nitrided PH stainless steel Corrax® with a Si interlayer in a CVD Plasma, where the plasma was generated and sustained by an asymmetric pulsed DC discharge. A nitrided sample was compared in all tests with a DLC coated sample and a duplex one (nitrided+coating). Nitriding has been carried out in an industrial facility with a pulsed DC discharge.