Indefinite-lived intangible assets, accumulated amortization

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 928
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Changes in Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, Ending Gross Amount	$ 296,790		$ 290,386
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	(217,064)		(198,603)
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, Ending Gross Amount	90,355		90,607
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ (1,585)		(1,585)
Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	4 years
Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	40 years
Engineering drawings
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, Ending Gross Amount	$ 90,638		89,490
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ (83,620)		(78,854)
Engineering drawings \| Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	10 years
Engineering drawings \| Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	22 years
Existing customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)		5 years
Finite-lived intangible assets, Ending Gross Amount	$ 85,214		81,844
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ (62,796)		(53,468)
Existing customer relationships \| Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	5 years
Existing customer relationships \| Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	10 years
Patents
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, Ending Gross Amount	$ 27,015		26,132
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ (27,015)		(26,132)
Patents \| Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	9 years
Patents \| Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	16 years
Other
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets, Ending Gross Amount	$ 93,923		92,920
Finite-lived intangible assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ (43,633)		$ (40,149)
Other \| Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	4 years
Other \| Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful Life (Years)	40 years