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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Business Combinations Textuals (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2018	Aug. 21, 2019	Mar. 04, 2019	Nov. 02, 2018	Jan. 31, 2018	Jul. 03, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 780,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	250,000
Goodwill, Impairment	131,000
Fluid Power & Flow Control Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment	131,000	$ 0	$ 0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	250,000
Long-term Debt [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	780,000
Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Funding from Holdback Payments	2,563
Other Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Funding from Holdback Payments	1,448
Other Noncurrent Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Funding from Holdback Payments	75
Olympus Controls Corp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				100.00%
Total Consideration	36,642
Net tangible assets acquired				$ 9,540
Intangible Assets, Net (Including Goodwill)				$ 27,102
MilRoc [Member] [Domain]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total Consideration		35,000
Net tangible assets acquired					$ 17,788
Intangible Assets, Net (Including Goodwill)					17,212
Funding from Holdback Payments	1,666				$ 4,375
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage					2.00%
MilRoc [Member] [Domain] \| Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Funding from Holdback Payments	2,709
Fluid Power Sales [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total Consideration		8,066
Net tangible assets acquired						$ 4,151
Intangible Assets, Net (Including Goodwill)						3,915
Funding from Holdback Payments	600					$ 1,200
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						1.50%
Fluid Power Sales [Member] \| Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Funding from Holdback Payments	600
FCX Performance, Inc [Member] [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired							100.00%
Total Consideration			781,781
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount	112,922						$ 161,452
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs			2,849
FCX Performance, Inc [Member] [Member] \| Fluid Power & Flow Control Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment	131,000
DICOFASA [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired								100.00%
Total Consideration			$ 5,920
Net tangible assets acquired								$ 3,395
Intangible Assets, Net (Including Goodwill)								2,525
Funding from Holdback Payments	$ 201	219						$ 906
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								1.50%
DICOFASA [Member] \| Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Funding from Holdback Payments		$ 356