Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived, Accumulated Amortization

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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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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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2018	Dec. 29, 2018	Dec. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill [Line Items]
Asset impairments		$ 8.7	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Amortization		54.9	$ 55.2	$ 62.0
Impairment Charges		17.3
Goodwill \| Hermetic Climate \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Goodwill [Line Items]
Asset impairments		9.5
Customer Relationships
Goodwill [Line Items]
Amortization		43.5
Impairment Charges		5.3
Customer Relationships \| Hermetic Climate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	$ 5.5
Customer Relationships \| Hermetic Climate \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Goodwill [Line Items]
Asset impairments		5.5
Technology
Goodwill [Line Items]
Amortization		9.5
Impairment Charges		12.0
Technology \| Hermetic Climate
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	$ 2.1
Technology \| Hermetic Climate \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Goodwill [Line Items]
Asset impairments		$ 2.1