A method for surface coating a component

The invention relates to a method for surface coating a component whose surface to be coated is completely or at least partly formed as a metal surface, the surface to be coated with a friction-reducing and / or strength-increasing coating is provided, wherein the component is transported through a continuous furnace and in the continuous furnace under heating by means of a introduced into the continuous furnace process gas, to which a coating material additive is admixed, is coated with the friction-reducing and / or strength-increasing coating. The invention also relates to a coating apparatus for carrying out such a method.