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Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jul. 25, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Amortization expense for intangible assets $ 52,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets $ 91,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets  
Amortization expense for software 58,000sli_AmortizationOfSoftware 49,000sli_AmortizationOfSoftware  
Dynetic [Member]      
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]      
Purchase price of assets acquired and liabilities assumed     4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
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Business acquisition, date of agreement Jul. 25, 2014    
Working capital adjustment     27,000sli_BusinessAcquisitionWorkingCapitalAdjustments
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Amount of earn-out liabilities 310,000sli_AmountOfEarnOut
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Earn-out liability $ 288,000sli_EarnOutLiability
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