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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Components of inventories | Inventories consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Raw materials and parts | $ | 101,655 |  |  | $ | 97,969 |
Work-in-progress | 42,184 |  |  | 34,973 |
Finished goods | 81,703 |  |  | 71,589 |
| $ | 225,542 |  |  | $ | 204,531 |
Components of other intangible assets | Other intangible assets consisted of the following:
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
| Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Intangibles, Net |  | Gross Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Intangibles, Net
Customer relationships | $ | 98,211 |  |  | $ | (29,836 | ) |  | $ | 68,375 |  |  | $ | 98,325 |  |  | $ | (28,159 | ) |  | $ | 70,166 |
Proven technology and patents | 50,349 |  |  | (31,957 | ) |  | 18,392 |  |  | 45,588 |  |  | (30,761 | ) |  | 14,827 |
Tradename (finite life) | 4,215 |  |  | (2,250 | ) |  | 1,965 |  |  | 4,140 |  |  | (1,786 | ) |  | 2,354 |
Tradename (indefinite life) | 24,805 |  |  | — |  |  | 24,805 |  |  | 24,947 |  |  | — |  |  | 24,947 |
Other | 2,109 |  |  | (1,291 | ) |  | 818 |  |  | 1,573 |  |  | (1,083 | ) |  | 490 |
| $ | 179,689 |  |  | $ | (65,334 | ) |  | $ | 114,355 |  |  | $ | 174,573 |  |  | $ | (61,789 | ) |  | $ | 112,784 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 2 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph a,b,c -Article 5 + Details
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