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	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
MTEK [Member]
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Minority equity interest in a privately held manufacturing software company	$ 5.0
Notes [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt		$ 400.0	$ 400.0
Estimated fair value		410.0
Altra Credit Agreement [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt		397.5	$ 400.0
Altra Credit Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan Facility [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt		397.5
Altra Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Fair Value Balance Sheet Grouping Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Debt		$ 600.0