Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2014

Segment Reporting, Disclosure of Entity's Reportable Segments [Abstract]

Sales And Operating Profit By Segment And Reconciliation Of Segment Operating Profit To Earnings Before Income Taxes

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 28, 2014			June 29, 2013			June 28, 2014			June 29, 2013
Net sales:
Aircraft Controls	$	294,194		$	272,855		$	834,420		$	783,996
Space and Defense Controls	102,505			100,071			297,260			292,224
Industrial Systems	147,722			147,161			442,998			439,338
Components	110,587			112,546			314,433			310,625
Medical Devices	28,690			37,999			87,850			108,275
Net sales	$	683,698		$	670,632		$	1,976,961		$	1,934,458
Operating profit (loss) and margins:
Aircraft Controls	$	30,342		$	31,054		$	87,980		$	93,647
	10.3		%	11.4		%	10.5		%	11.9		%
Space and Defense Controls	8,664			6,711			25,523			22,610
	8.5		%	6.7		%	8.6		%	7.7		%
Industrial Systems	16,826			9,273			44,010			26,157
	11.4		%	6.3		%	9.9		%	6.0		%
Components	16,972			18,360			46,707			52,548
	15.3		%	16.3		%	14.9		%	16.9		%
Medical Devices	2,343			(2,775		)	7,348			133
	8.2		%	(7.3		%)	8.4		%	0.1		%
Total operating profit	75,147			62,623			211,568			195,095
	11.0		%	9.3		%	10.7		%	10.1		%
Deductions from operating profit:
Interest expense	2,215			6,084			9,788			21,122
Equity-based compensation expense	1,553			949			6,545			5,673
Corporate expenses and other	6,724			7,964			30,112			21,643
Earnings before income taxes	$	64,655		$	47,626		$	165,123		$	146,657