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Total costs accrued as of the balance sheet date for environmental loss contingencies.

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Rate applied to the undiscounted amount of environmental loss contingencies to arrive at the present value recorded as of the balance sheet date.

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Undiscounted amount of the accrual for environmental loss contingencies.

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The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - 9 months ended Sep. 30, 2016 € in Millions, $ in Millions	USD ($)	EUR (€)	USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Unasserted claim			$ 12.4
New Hartford [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost			2.3
Payments for environmental remediation	$ 1.5
Bloomfield [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost			3.4
Payments for environmental remediation	$ 11.6
Environmental liability			10.3
Estimated remediation liability			$ 20.8
Discount rate (as a percent)		8.00%	8.00%
Rimpar [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost \| €		€ 3.8
Other accruals and payables [Member] \| New Hartford [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost			$ 0.1
Other accruals and payables [Member] \| Bloomfield [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost			0.8
Other Long-Term Liabilities [Member] \| Bloomfield [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost			2.6
Accruals and Payable and Other Long Term Liabilties [Member] \| Rimpar [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Estimate of environmental remediation cost \| €		€ 0.3
AH-1Z program [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for claims			4.0
Payment from customer			4.3
Unasserted Claim [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for claims			$ 0.0