Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Assets, Current, Impairment Charge

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Number Of Subsidiaries

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Number Of Subsidiaries Sold

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Reduction in cash due to no longer including the former subsidiary's cash in the consolidated entity's cash.

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Amount of revenue attributable to disposal group, including, but not limited to, discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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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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This element represents the cash inflow during the period from the sale of a component of the entity.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures - Divestitures Narrative (Details) $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 01, 2022 USD ($) subsidiary	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds			$ 33.9	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Net of cash divested			5.3
Recognized loss			3.5	0.0	$ 0.0
Russia
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of subsidiaries sold \| subsidiary		1
Number of subsidiaries \| subsidiary		2
Disposed of by Sale \| ADS
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment charge						$ 29.3
Net sales			39.7	48.8
Proceeds	$ 33.0
Disposed of by Sale \| Timken Russia
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net sales			$ 4.8	$ 19.6
Proceeds		$ 1.0
Net of cash divested		5.3
Recognized loss		$ 2.7