Bankruptcy Disclosure - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 02, 2011	Jul. 23, 2010	May 27, 2010	Nov. 20, 2009	Apr. 18, 2006	Jul. 01, 2011	Sep. 30, 2005	Jul. 01, 2011
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Date of petition for Bankruptcy filed with the bankruptcy court				Nov. 20, 2009			Jul. 07, 2005
Actions taken			On May 27, 2010, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming and approving the plan of reorganization (the "Final Chapter 11 Plan").		On April 18, 2006, the commercial court of Le Creusot (France) ordered GSI France to pay approximately 0.7 million Euros to SCGI in the context of a claim filed by SCGI that a Laserdyne 890 system delivered in 1999 had unresolved technical problems.
Transactions contemplated were consummated		Jul. 23, 2010
Date of Chapter 11 cases were closed	Sep. 02, 2011
Post-emergence professional fees						$ 94		$ 233