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Acquisitions - 2020 Acquisition Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 01, 2020	May 28, 2020	Apr. 02, 2022	Apr. 03, 2021	Jun. 27, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Jan. 01, 2022	Jan. 02, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired						$ 3,474	$ 143,981	$ 7,095
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired						$ 2,183
Cogent Industrial Technologies \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 3,350
Cogent Industrial Technologies \| Industrial Processing
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired	$ 6,866
Company in Austria \| Product technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired		$ 557
Company in Austria \| Industrial Processing \| Product technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired			$ 62	$ 125	$ 229
Consideration transferred		$ 416