Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Service warranty roll forward
Product Warranty And Extraordinary Rework	$ 19.6	$ 18.7
Charges to costs and expenses	(12.0)	(18.4)
Product Warranty And Extraordinary Rework Write Offs Net Of Recoveries	0.9	17.5
Exchange Rate	(0.2)
Product Warranty And Extraordinary Rework	30.9	19.6
Commitments Contingencies And Guarantees Textuals [Abstract]
Outstanding amount of letter of credit	19.9
Outstanding amount of guarantees	25.6	26.6
Additional Charges And Unallocated Cost Of Sales Due To Changes In Claims Data And Historical Experience		9.0
Capital Commitments	264.8	264.2
Interest expense related to capital leases	1.2	0.6
Industrial Revenue Bond [Member]
Commitments Contingencies And Guarantees Textuals [Abstract]
Tax Exempt Bonds	286.2	286.2
KFDA [Member]
Commitments Contingencies And Guarantees Textuals [Abstract]
Tax Exempt Bonds	$ 80.0

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Aggregate capital commitments for the period

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for estimated claims under standard and extended warranty protection rights granted to customers, and extraordinary rework.

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Represents the aggregate increase in the liability for accruals related to standard and extended product warranties and extraordinary rework issued during the reporting period.

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Total increase (decrease) in the standard and extended product warranty and extraordinary rework liability due to currency translation.

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Amounts associated with utilization of city and State issued bonds.

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The financing charge for leasing arrangements meeting the criteria for capitalization.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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