Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Schedule Of Net Sales

Year ended September 30,		2012	2011	2010
Utility Solutions	$	317.7	349.6	348.3
Test		175.9	176.5	138.4
Filtration		194.8	167.6	120.8
Consolidated totals	$	688.4	693.7	607.5

Schedule Of Earnings Before Income Tax

Year ended September 30,		2012		2011		2010
Utility Solutions	$	46.2		54.3		67.4
Test		14.0		18.6		12.2
Filtration		38.0		30.8		19.5
Reconciliation to consolidated totals (Corporate)		(24.2	)	(24.2	)	(25.5	)
Consolidated EBIT		74.0		79.5		73.6
Less: interest expense		(2.3	)	(2.5	)	(3.9	)
Earnings before income tax	$	71.7		77.0		69.7

Schedule Of Identifiable Assets

Year ended September 30,		2012	2011
Utility Solutions	$	234.8	203.6
Test		92.8	100.6
Filtration		98.4	88.6
Corporate		607.8	619.0
Consolidated totals	$	1,033.8	1,011.8

Schedule Of Capital Expenditures

Year ended September 30,		2012	2011	2010
Utility Solutions	$	7.6	8.9	5.3
Test		2.2	1.5	1.9
Filtration		4.4	3.3	6.2
Corporate		0.6	—	—
Consolidated totals	$	14.8	13.7	13.4

Schedule Of Depreciation And Amortization

Year ended September 30,		2012	2011	2010
Utility Solutions	$	13.7	13.1	12.2
Test		2.5	2.2	2.3
Filtration		3.9	3.3	2.7
Corporate		4.7	4.9	4.9
Consolidated totals	$	24.8	23.5	22.1

Schedule Of Geographic Information Net Sales

Year ended September 30,		2012	2011	2010
United States	$	501.9	512.4	466.1
Asia		67.4	45.9	54.2
Europe		61.7	57.1	36.7
Canada		22.0	19.6	13.6
Mexico		6.4	38.0	9.5
Other		29.0	20.7	27.4
Consolidated totals	$	688.4	693.7	607.5

Schedule Of Geographic Information Long-Lived Assets

Year ended September 30,		2012	2011
United States	$	70.3	67.3
Europe		2.6	3.4
Other		3.0	2.4
Consolidated totals	$	75.9	73.1