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Loss Contingency, Pending Claims, Number of Citations

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Loss Contingency, Pending Claims, Number of Injured Parties

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Number Of Lawsuits

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Aggregate carrying amount of the estimated litigation liability for known or estimated probable loss from litigation, which may include attorneys' fees and other litigation costs.

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Reflects the estimated amount of loss from the specified contingency as of the balance sheet date.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Matters (Details)	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Matters (Details)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 16, 2015 USD ($) citation	Nov. 30, 2013 employee
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Legal settlement	$ (50,000,000)
Asbestos Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Unresolved asbestos cases pending \| LegalMatter		64
Litigation liability accrued		$ 200,000
Inflective Inc. Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages		3,000,000
Socorro Litigation [Member] \| James Chavez, Andrew Baca, and Spouses [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation liability accrued			$ 0
Occupational Safety [Member] \| State of California, Division of Occupational Safety & Health [Member] \| Rancho Cordova Facility [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total number of injured employees \| employee					2
Number of deceased employees due to injury \| employee					1
Damages				$ 100,000
Number of citations \| citation				9
Minimum [Member] \| Asbestos Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrued estimated liability		200,000
Maximum [Member] \| Asbestos Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrued estimated liability		$ 600,000