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Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 item | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts Receivable | Credit Concentration Risk | Top Ten Customers |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Number of top customers | 10veco_NumberOfTopCustomers / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_TopTenCustomersMember |  |
Percentage of total accounts receivable from top customers | 65.00%veco_PercentageOfAccountsReceivableFromMajorCustomers / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_TopTenCustomersMember | 69.00%veco_PercentageOfAccountsReceivableFromMajorCustomers / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_TopTenCustomersMember |
Accounts Receivable | Credit Concentration Risk | Customer B |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) | 20.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerBMember | 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerBMember |
Accounts Receivable | Credit Concentration Risk | Customer C |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) | 13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerCMember | 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerCMember |
Accounts Receivable | Credit Concentration Risk | Customer D |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) |  | 23.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerDMember |
Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk | Customer A |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) | 15.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerAMember |  |
Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk | Customer B |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) | 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerBMember | 14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerBMember |
Net Sales | Customer Concentration Risk | Customer D |  |  |
Concentration of Credit Risk |  |  |
Concentration Risk (as a percent) |  |  | 14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = veco_CustomerDMember

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- Definition For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13537-108611 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6404-108592 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 825 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35750535&loc=d3e13531-108611 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6351-108592 + Details
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