Property, Plant and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]



9.	Property, Plant and Equipment

The gross carrying amount and accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment at the end of each period was as follows:



	March 28, 2014			September 27, 2013
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$	1,918.3		$	1,873.7
Less: accumulated depreciation	(920.8		)	(876.3		)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	997.5		$	997.4

Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment was $26.1 million and $24.4 million during the three months ended March 28, 2014 and March 29, 2013, respectively and $52.4 million and $49.2 million during the six months ended March 28, 2014 and March 29, 2013, respectively. Depreciation expense included depreciation on demonstration equipment of $0.9 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 28, 2014 and March 29, 2013, respectively, and $2.0 million and $1.7 million for the six months ended March 28, 2014 and March 29, 2013, respectively. Demonstration equipment was included within other assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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