In this paper, effect of temperature in TiN-coating by arc ion plating on surface characteristics of a TiN coated high speed steel is investigated by experiments. Hardness, surface roughness, TiN-coating thickness and adsorption force are measured in order to evaluate the effects. For evaluation of the experimental data, one-way ANDVA method is used. It is concluded that the furnace temperature in the range 400℃~500℃ in AIP processing has a little influence on the TiN coating of the SKH51 steels.