Revenue Recognition - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) segment channel
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Number of business segments \| segment	3
Number of distribution channels \| channel	3
Revenue, practical expedient, financing component	true
Nondisclosure of revenues allocated to future shipments of partially completed contracts	true
Assurance warranty period, from date of shipment	12 months
Extended product warranty and service description	For certain of its products, the Company will separately offer extended warranty and service policies to its customers. These policies typically are for periods ranging from one to five years.
Deferred revenue recognized	$ 4,200,000
Deferred costs	$ 0
Minimum [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Extended warranty and service period	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Extended warranty and service period	5 years

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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The carrying amount of deferred costs.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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