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Financing (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Sep. 27, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]    
Line of credit facility, borrowing capacity $ 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity  
Line of credit facility, expiration date Sep. 01, 2019  
Total short-term borrowings 70,871,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 60,000,000us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Letters of credit outstanding, amount 11,600,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount 9,400,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity $ 117,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity $ 130,600,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
Variable Rate Credit Facility [Member] | Bank Line Of Credit, Monthly U.S. LIBOR Plus 100 Basis Points [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]    
Line of credit facility, interest rate 1.18%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mtsc_VariableRateCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= mtsc_BankLineOfCreditMonthlyUsLiborPlus100BasisPointsMember
1.15%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mtsc_VariableRateCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= mtsc_BankLineOfCreditMonthlyUsLiborPlus100BasisPointsMember
Variable Rate Credit Facility [Member] | Bank Line Of Credit, Montly Euro LIBOR Plus 100 Basis Points [Member]    
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]    
Line of credit facility, interest rate 1.00%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= mtsc_VariableRateCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= mtsc_BankLineOfCreditMontlyEuroLiborPlus100BasisPointsMember