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CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS
Litigation
The Company is currently involved in matters of litigation, including environmental contingencies, arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues for such matters when expenditures are probable and reasonably estimable. Based upon information presently known, management is of the opinion that such litigation, either individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Warranty
The Company accrues for estimated future warranty costs in the period in which the sale for the related products is recorded. As warranty estimates are forecasts based on the best available information, primarily historical claims experience, future warranty claims may differ from the amounts accrued.
Changes in the Company’s product warranty accrual during the periods presented were as follows (in millions):
Balance, December 31, 2018
 
$
9.6

Provision for warranty claims
 
6.7

Warranty claims settled
 
(5.9
)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 
(0.3
)
Balance, September 30, 2019
 
$
10.1


Warranty expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $2.1 million and $6.7 million, respectively. Warranty expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $1.7 million and $4.6 million, respectively.