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Financing (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Sep. 27, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]    
Line of credit facility, borrowing capacity $ 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity  
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date Sep. 01, 2019  
Total short-term borrowings 65,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 60,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Letters of credit outstanding, amount 11,500,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount 9,400,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity $ 123,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity $ 130,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
Swing Line Of Credit [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]    
Line of credit facility, interest rate 3.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mtsc_SwingLineOfCreditMember
 
Variable Rate Credit Facility [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]    
Line of credit facility, interest rate 1.16%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mtsc_VariableRateCreditFacilityMember
1.15%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mtsc_VariableRateCreditFacilityMember