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PRODUCT WARRANTY COSTS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract] |
PRODUCT WARRANTY COSTS | PRODUCT WARRANTY COSTS The changes in the carrying amount of product warranty accruals are as follows:
| Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 21,053 |  |  | $ | 19,469 |
Accruals for warranties | 8,118 |  |  | 9,222 |
Settlements | (8,672 | ) |  | (8,529 | )
Foreign currency translation and other adjustments (1) | 2,368 |  |  | 111 |
Balance at September 30 | $ | 22,867 |  |  | $ | 20,273 |
(1) At September 30, 2017, Foreign currency translation and other adjustments includes $2,114 in an acquired liability related to the Air Liquide Welding acquisition as discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for standard and extended product warranties and other product guarantee contracts, including a tabular reconciliation of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability for the reporting period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68068213&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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