Business Segment Information - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) customer
Percentage Of Sale Of Customer Maximum	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Capitalized Computer Software, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ 8.8	$ 9.0	$ 8.4
Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark [Member] \| Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
Number of customers who exceeded 10% of sales \| customer	0	1	0
Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Depreciation	$ 21.2	$ 19.5	$ 16.5

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Amount of increase (decrease) in capitalized computer software costs.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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