The textile industry uses modern machines that transport the threads at high speeds. This fact causes accelerated wear in the metallic components, committing the quality of the final product. These metallic components are known as "travellers". In this work the travellers were treated in a plasma reactor at 400 ºC, 450 ºC and 500 ºC for 2h. The pressures used were 1 and 2 mbar and the composition of the gaseous mixture was 20% N2 and 80% H2. The nitreded travellers were characterized by optical microscopy, microhardness and later its performing was accompanied in the textile industry. The travellers treated at 400 ºC, 2 mbar and 2 h presented larger uniformity of the nitreded layer and the threads transported for these components showed excellent characteristics.
