Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations, Divested Business Percent Of Total Assets

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations, Divested Business Percent Of Total Revenue

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 810
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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BUSINESS OVERVIEW - Segment Realignment and Divestiture Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2024	Sep. 29, 2023	Sep. 27, 2024	Sep. 29, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss from divestiture	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 25.6	$ 0.0
Invetech Divestiture
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Divested business percent of total revenue (less than)					1.00%
Divested business percent of total assets (less than)					1.00%
Precision Technologies
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Loss from divestiture			$ 25.6