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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Stock Plans (Details 2) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Stock Plans (Details 2) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 15, 2005 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $	$ 13,306	$ 12,158	$ 12,279
Employee Stock Ownership Program [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	6,900,000
Barnes Group Stock And Incentive Award Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	5,700,000
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	6,913,978
Number of shares available for future grants (in shares)	3,540,739
Other Incentive Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance ratio	2.84
Stock Options and Rights [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Issuance ratio	1
Number of shares available for future grants (in shares)	1,147,303
Non Employee Director Deferred Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	33,600
Non-employee directors				12,000
Dividends paid \| $	$ 22	22	20
Stock-based compensation expense \| $		$ 8	$ 9
All Stock Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for purchase (in shares)	4,982,473
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	5 years
Maximum [Member] \| Stock Rights [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period	5 years