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Product Warranties Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 26, 2015
Product Warranty Liability [Line Items]
Provisions	$ 2.6	$ 5.7
CHINA
Product Warranty Liability [Line Items]
Provisions		$ 4.0

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- Definition

Amount of increase in the standard and extended product warranty accrual from warranties issued.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph ((c)(3))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249

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