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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities of discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets.

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Amount after tax of income (loss) from a discontinued operation attributable to the noncontrolling interest. Includes, but is not limited to, the income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, gain (loss) for reversal of write-down (write-down) to fair value, less cost to sell, and adjustments to a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Discontinued Operations - Narratives (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 06, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2022 shares	Mar. 22, 2022 shares
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest from discontinued operations, net of taxes		$ 0	$ 818	$ 966	$ 2,399
ESAB Corporation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest from discontinued operations, net of taxes			$ 800	1,000	2,400
Common Stock \| ESAB Corporation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Business, separation, pro-rata distribution, of outstanding common stock to shareholders, percentage						90.00%
Number of shares of common stock distributed to shareholders for every three shares owned \| shares						1	1
Reverse stock split ratio	0.3333
Fabrication Technology
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash (used in) provided by operating activities, discontinued operations				(31,900)	198,800
Cash used in investing activities, discontinued operations				$ (3,200)	$ (22,700)
Fabrication Technology \| ESAB Corporation
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Business, separation, pro-rata distribution, of outstanding common stock to shareholders, percentage						90.00%
Business separation, pro-rata distribution, outstanding common stock to shareholders (in shares) \| shares							60,034,311