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Restructuring (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 29, 2013
Restructuring [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
|  | June 29, 2013 |  | June 29, 2013
Aircraft Controls |  | $ | 1,226 |  |  | $ | 1,700 |
Space and Defense Controls |  | 556 |  |  | 556 |
Industrial Systems |  | 3,013 |  |  | 4,740 |
Total |  | $ | 4,795 |  |  | $ | 6,996 |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
|  | June 29, 2013 |  | June 29, 2013
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 969 |  |  | $ | — |
Charged to expense |  | 4,795 |  |  | 6,996 |
Cash payments |  | (3,612 | ) |  | (4,806 | )
Foreign currency translation |  | (6 | ) |  | (44 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 2,146 |  |  | $ | 2,146 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of costs incurred for restructuring including, but not limited to, exit and disposal activities, remediation, implementation, integration, asset impairment, and charges against earnings from the write-down of assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140864-122747 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.P.4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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