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	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) Countries	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) Segments Countries	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
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Number Of Reportable Segments \| Segments			4
Subsidiaries [Member] \| Argentina [Member]
Currency conversion impacts of hyper-inflationary accounting		$ 0.1		$ 0.3
Subsidiaries [Member] \| Argentine and Turkish subsidiaries [Member]
Currency conversion impacts of hyper-inflationary accounting	$ 1.0		$ 1.2
Assets Total [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member] \| Argentine and Turkish subsidiaries [Member] \| Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	1.00%		1.00%
Sales Revenue Net [Member] \| Subsidiaries [Member] \| Argentine and Turkish subsidiaries [Member] \| Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	2.00%		2.00%