Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Supplemental Cash Flow Information Components (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]
Cash paid for interest		$ 38
Cash paid for income taxes	$ 551	2,530
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Inventory transferred to rental equipment	4,038	6,343
Inventory transferred to property, plant and equipment	286	$ 222
Financing receivables recognized in connection with sale of used rental equipment	$ 2,665

Financing receivables recognized in connection with sale of used rental equipment.

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Assets that have been manufactured by company that is transferred to fixed assets to generate rental revenue.

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Inventory transferred to property, plant and equipment.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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