Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Equity Interest Received Or Receivable, Shares

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of, After Tax

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Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of an organization or integrated set of activities (for example, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation) engaged in providing a product or service in a commercial, industrial, or professional environment.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016
Materials Handling and Port Solutions Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment (reversal of impairment) of MHPS disposal group			$ (55.6)	$ 55.6
Impairment (reversal of impairment) of long-lived assets to be disposed of, after tax			$ (55.6)	$ 55.6
Equity interest receivable (in shares)	19.6
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Cranes Manufacturing Facility
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain on disposition		$ 5.7