Other Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Other Financial Data

Items charged to continuing operations during 2016, 2015 and 2014 included the following:

(Dollars in thousands)	2016			2015			2014
Research and development (R&D) costs:
Company-sponsored		12,863			16,728			16,880
Customer-sponsored		6,972			6,776			11,586
Total R&D		19,835			23,504			28,466
Other engineering costs		12,233			13,899			12,484
Total R&D and other engineering costs		32,068			37,403			40,950
As a % of net sales		5.6	%		7.0	%		7.7	%