Helios Technologies Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)

Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)				9 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)	Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($) CreditFacility	Jul. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2011 USD ($) CreditFacility	Oct. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity			$ 50,000,000
Line of Credit Amortization				$ 0	$ 0
Effective date			Aug. 01, 2011
Number Of Credit Facilities \| CreditFacility	0		3
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity	$ 35,000,000			35,000,000
Unsecured Revolving Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity	15,000,000			15,000,000
Secured Revolving Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity	15,000,000			$ 15,000,000
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Amortization	$ 0
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity		$ 100,000,000
Accordion feature to increase maximum capacity		$ 75,000,000
Interest coverage ratio (percent)		3.00%
Leverage ratio (percent)		3.5
Line of Credit [Member] \| Swing Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity		$ 15,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facilities, maximum capacity		$ 5,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Euro Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate (percent)		1.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate (percent)		0.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Euro Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate (percent)		2.00%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable interest rate (percent)		1.00%