Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Defined Benefit Pension And Other Postretirement Plans Tax Effect

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivative Hedges Tax

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The number of employees in the United States.

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The number of employees worldwide.

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The percentage of employees with collective bargaining agreements that will expire in the next fiscal year.

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The percentage of international workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements or similar type arrangements.

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The percentage of U.S. workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements or similar type arrangements.

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The high range of the term of life cycle management contracts with customers to supply parts and service.

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The low range of the term of life cycle management contracts with customers to supply parts and service.

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Amount of short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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The aggregate foreign currency transaction gain (loss) (both realized and unrealized) included in determining net income for the reporting period. Excludes foreign currency transactions designated as hedges of net investment in a foreign entity and intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements. For certain enterprises, primarily banks, that are dealers in foreign exchange, foreign currency transaction gains (losses) may be disclosed as dealer gains (losses).

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 26, 2012 Employees	Oct. 28, 2011	Oct. 29, 2010
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents	$ 49.5	$ 3.4
Depreciation expense	83.8	59.5	51.5
Number of employees worldwide	18,019
Number of employees in the united states	6,739
Percentage of U.S. workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements or similar type arrangements	30.00%
Percentage of international workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements or similar type arrangements	16.00%
Percentage of employees with collective bargaining agreements that will expire	4.00%
Pre-tax foreign exchange gains included in operating income	1.4	1.2	5.7
Term of life cycle management contracts low range (in years)	1 year
Term of life cycle management contracts high range (in years)	17 years
Unrecognized pension and other postretirement obligation	160.9	118.5	103.5
Unrealized gain on derivatives, income tax effects	2.6	0.4	1.4
Research and Development Expenses	$ 47.8	$ 40.4	$ 29.8
Land Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
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Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	5 years
Land Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	50 years
Building [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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Building [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
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Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	3 years
Machinery and Equipment [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	12 years
Software And Computers [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
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Estimated useful life, maximum (in years)	2 years
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Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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