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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Inventories [Abstract] |
Disclosure Of Detailed Information About Inventories |
|  | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Raw materials and consumables |  | $ | 15,547 |  |  | $ | 8,663 |
Work-in-progress |  | 10,034 |  |  | 4,694 |
Finished goods |  | 1,460 |  |  | 2,440 |
Service inventory |  | 2,270 |  |  | 1,495 |
|  | $ | 29,311 |  |  | $ | 17,292 |

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