Patent ID: 8859115

Claim:
A surface coated gear cutting tool comprising: a substrate consisting of a cemented carbide material for a surface coated gear cutting tool, and a hard coated layer formed on the substrate, wherein said cemented carbide material comprises a WC-βt-Co based cemented carbide, wherein said WC-βt-Co based cemented carbide comprises: WC; a βt solid solution; and Co, wherein said WC and said βt solid solution are in the form of a hard phase, and said Co is in the form of a binder phase, wherein the content of said Co is in a range of 12 to 17 wt % , wherein said βt solid solution comprises: WC, TiC, TiN and either one or both of Ta carbonitride and Nb carbonitride, wherein among the components of said βt solid solution, the content of the components excluding said WC is in a range of 15 to 20 wt % , and the total content of said Ta carbonitride and said Nb carbonitride is in a range of 5 to 7 wt % , wherein a Nb content D Nb and a Ta content D Ta in said βt solid solution satisfy a relational expression of D Nb /(D Nb +D Ta )≧0.7, wherein said cemented carbide material is in the form of a sintered structure with a machined surface, and wherein said hard coated layer consists of either one of (Al, Ti)N, (Al, Ti)(C, N), (Al, Ti, Si)N, Ti(C, N), or (Al, Ti, Si)(B, N).