Concentration Risk Percentage Major Customer

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Number Of Major Customers Accounting For Significant Percentage Of Sales And Or Receivables Volume

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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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For an unclassified balance sheet, a valuation allowance for receivables due a company that are expected to be uncollectible.

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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.

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Receivables And Concentration Of Credit Risk (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) customer	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) customer	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) customer	Jul. 02, 2017 customer
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Allowance for uncollectible receivables \| $	$ 28.6		$ 28.6		$ 23.5
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Sales Revenue Net And/Or Trade Accounts Receivable [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Number of major customers accounting for a significant percentage of sales and/or receivables volume \| customer	3		3		3	3
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Sales Revenue Net And/Or Trade Accounts Receivable [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	10.00%		10.00%		10.00%	10.00%
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Net Sales [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	40.00%	39.00%	39.00%	38.00%
Major Customer Three [Member] \| Trade Receivable [Member]
Receivables and Concentration of Credit Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk	29.00%		29.00%		36.00%