CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenue
Product	$ 120,816	$ 93,223	$ 336,941	$ 288,887
Services	24,078	24,136	70,002	71,444
Total revenue	144,894	117,359	406,943	360,331
Cost of revenue
Product	79,721	59,985	228,989	185,507
Services	13,986	16,628	41,654	48,889
Total cost of revenue	93,707	76,613	270,643	234,396
Gross profit	51,187	40,746	136,300	125,935
Operating expenses
Research and development	12,834	13,494	39,001	38,538
Selling, general and administrative	27,825	30,040	86,845	84,812
Restructuring and other charges	358	3,122	3,711	4,641
Total operating expenses	41,017	46,656	129,557	127,991
Operating income (loss)	10,170	(5,910)	6,743	(2,056)
Interest income	199	181	678	685
Interest expense	(100)	(101)	(300)	(101)
Other income, net	460	157	2,640	472
Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investments	10,729	(5,673)	9,761	(1,000)
Income tax provision (benefit)	3,340	(2,838)	1,790	(928)
Income (loss) before equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investments	7,389	(2,835)	7,971	(72)
Equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investments	292	71	(313)	1,330
Income (loss) from continuing operations	7,681	(2,764)	7,658	1,258
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	27,263	0	30,002
Net income	7,681	24,499	7,658	31,260
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	(23)	0	(147)
Net income attributable to Brooks Automation, Inc.	$ 7,681	$ 24,476	$ 7,658	$ 31,113
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to Brooks Automation, Inc. common stockholders:
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (USD per share)	$ 0.11	$ (0.04)	$ 0.11	$ 0.02
Net income from discontinued operations, net of tax (USD per share)	0.00	0.41	0.00	0.45
Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to Brooks Automation, Inc. (USD per share)	0.11	0.37	0.11	0.47
Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to Brooks Automation, Inc. common stockholders:
Net income (loss) from continuing operations (USD per share)	0.11	(0.04)	0.11	0.02
Net income from discontinued operations, net of tax (USD per share)	0.00	0.40	0.00	0.44
Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to Brooks Automation, Inc. common stockholders (USD per share)	0.11	0.36	0.11	0.46
Dividend declared per share (USD per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.08	$ 0.30	$ 0.24
Shares used in computing earnings (loss) per share
Basic (shares)	67,454	66,751	67,321	66,583
Diluted (shares)	68,571	67,653	68,520	67,528