Goodwill - Narrative (Details)  | 
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||||||||
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 Dec. 31, 2018  
USD ($) 
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 Sep. 29, 2018  
USD ($) 
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 Jun. 30, 2018  
USD ($) 
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 Mar. 31, 2018  
USD ($) 
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 Dec. 31, 2017  
USD ($) 
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 Sep. 30, 2017  
USD ($) 
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 Jul. 01, 2017  
USD ($) 
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 Apr. 01, 2017  
USD ($) 
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 Dec. 31, 2018  
USD ($) 
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 Dec. 31, 2017  
USD ($) 
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 Dec. 31, 2016  
USD ($) 
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 Oct. 02, 2016  
reporting_unit 
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| Goodwill [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Number of reporting units have goodwill and subject to goodwill impairment test | reporting_unit | 9 | |||||||||||
| Impairment Loss | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 16,237,000 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 16,237,000 | $ 0 | |
| Armstrong Areospace, Inc. | ||||||||||||
| Goodwill [Line Items] | ||||||||||||
| Impairment Loss | $ 16,200,000 | $ 16,200,000 | ||||||||||
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- Definition Goodwill Impairment Number Of Reporting Units Tested For Impairment No definition available. 
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- Definition Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef 
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| X | ||||||||||
- Definition 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. No definition available. 
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- Details 
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