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Commitments and Contingencies - Receivable Purchase Agreement (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies
Trade receivables from customers without recourse to be sold, maximum amount	$ 23.0
Receivable Purchase Agreement, term	1 year
Trade receivables, sold	$ 15.0
Trade receivable, available for additional sales	$ 8.0

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Threshold period past due for trade accounts receivable to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The face amount of accounts receivable that will be sold to other entities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65884687&loc=d3e4428-111522

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Amount of accounts receivable that is available for sale to other entities.

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Amount of accounts receivable that has been sold to other entities.

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