Business Segments (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 Country	Sep. 30, 2011 Country
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of company's net sales from largest customers	44.00%
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	48.00%	59.00%
Business Segments (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	48.00%	59.00%
Number of countries having specified percentage of revenue	0	0
Minimum percentage of revenue greater than specified country	10.00%	10.00%
Domestic country [Member]
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	78.00%	80.00%
Business Segments (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	78.00%	80.00%
European countries [Member]
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	9.00%	8.00%
Business Segments (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	9.00%	8.00%
Asian countries [Member]
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	5.00%	6.00%
Business Segments (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Entity wide revenue major countries percentage	5.00%	6.00%
Customer One [Member]
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of company's net sales from largest customers	14.00%	10.00%
Customer One [Member] | Forged Components Group [Member]
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of company's net sales from largest customers	10.00%	12.00%
Customer Two [Member]
Business Segments (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of company's net sales from largest customers	14.00%	19.00%