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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 24, 2014
Dutch Auction Tender Offer [Member]      
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]      
Maximum limit of stock repurchase $ 20,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
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Repurchase program maturity date   Apr. 23, 2015  
Purchase price company accepts in accordance with terms of offer to purchase $ 42.00sli_StockRepurchaseProgramTenderOfferPurchasePricePerShare
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Tender price increments $ 0.25sli_StockRepurchaseProgramTenderOfferAuthorizedIncrementalPricePerShare
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Number of shares properly tendered 160,000sli_StockRepurchaseProgramTenderOfferNumberOfSharesPurchased
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Approximate percentage of common stock outstanding 3.90%sli_PercentageOfCommonStockOutstanding
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Shares outstanding with completion of tender offer 3,934,000sli_ShareOutstandingWithCompletionOfTenderOffer
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Purchase price paid by company in connection to tender offer excluding transaction costs $ 6,734,000sli_RepurchaseAndRetirementOfCommonStockExcludingTransactionCosts
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Dutch Auction Tender Offer [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]      
Purchase price company accepts in accordance with terms of offer to purchase $ 39.00sli_StockRepurchaseProgramTenderOfferPurchasePricePerShare
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= sli_DutchAuctionTenderOfferMember
   
Dutch Auction Tender Offer [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]      
Purchase price company accepts in accordance with terms of offer to purchase $ 42.00sli_StockRepurchaseProgramTenderOfferPurchasePricePerShare
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= us-gaap_MaximumMember
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2014 Repurchase Plan [Member]      
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]      
Stock Repurchase Program, number of shares authorized to be repurchased     420,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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Repurchase plan, effective date   Dec. 24, 2014  
Repurchase of common stock number of shares purchased   89,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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Treasury stock acquired, average cost per share   39.37us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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Stock Repurchase Program, remaining number of shares authorized to be repurchased   331,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased
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