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Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Selected Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Table Text Block] | Selected supplemental balance sheet information is presented below.
| March 31, |  | September 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| (in millions)
Inventories: |  |  |
Purchased components and raw material | $ | 69.1 |  |  | $ | 67.0 |
Work in process | 34.7 |  |  | 31.4 |
Finished goods | 42.3 |  |  | 32.3 |
| $ | 146.1 |  |  | $ | 130.7 |
Property, plant and equipment: |  |  |
Land | $ | 5.6 |  |  | $ | 5.7 |
Buildings | 51.8 |  |  | 50.6 |
Machinery and equipment | 258.2 |  |  | 248.3 |
Construction in progress | 11.6 |  |  | 14.8 |
| 327.2 |  |  | 319.4 |
Accumulated depreciation | (219.5 | ) |  | (211.0 | )
| $ | 107.7 |  |  | $ | 108.4 |
Other current liabilities: |  |  |
Compensation and benefits | $ | 20.2 |  |  | $ | 32.7 |
Customer rebates | 3.4 |  |  | 8.3 |
Taxes other than income taxes | 3.6 |  |  | 3.0 |
Warranty | 4.9 |  |  | 2.0 |
Income taxes | (2.2 | ) |  | 4.6 |
Environmental | 2.2 |  |  | 5.0 |
Interest | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |
Other | 7.3 |  |  | 5.6 |
| $ | 39.9 |  |  | $ | 61.7 |

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