Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 04, 2015

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
	July 4, 2015		June 28, 2014		July 4, 2015		June 28, 2014
Net sales:
Aircraft Controls	$	270,339	$	294,194	$	811,103	$	834,420
Space and Defense Controls	95,266		102,505		288,477		297,260
Industrial Systems	130,581		147,722		393,092		442,998
Components	106,826		110,587		315,432		314,433
Medical Devices	31,527		28,690		94,204		87,850
Net sales	$	634,539	$	683,698	$	1,902,308	$	1,976,961
Operating profit:
Aircraft Controls	$	28,401	$	30,342	$	75,195	$	87,980
Space and Defense Controls	6,149		8,664		19,784		25,523
Industrial Systems	13,068		16,826		38,972		44,010
Components	13,602		16,972		42,258		46,707
Medical Devices	4,870		2,343		12,128		7,348
Total operating profit	66,090		75,147		188,337		211,568
Deductions from operating profit:
Interest expense	7,916		2,215		20,953		9,788
Equity-based compensation expense	603		1,553		4,569		6,545
Corporate expenses and other	6,847		6,724		21,255		30,112
Earnings before income taxes	$	50,724	$	64,655	$	141,560	$	165,123