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1125 - Disclosure - Capital Stock (Number of Shares of Stock and Share Activity) (Detail)
(http://www.beamglobal.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureCapitalStockNumberOfSharesOfStockAndShareActivity)
TableSchedule of Stock by Class [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000789073 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Legal Entity [Axis]Entity [Domain]
Class of Stock [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
Statement Equity Components [Axis]Statement Equity Components [Axis]
Common Stock [Member]Treasury Stock [Member]Equity Component [Domain]Common Stock [Member]Treasury Stock [Member]Equity Component [Domain]
Common Shares, Balance at the beginning of the year
160,120,000  
 
160,100,000  
155,939,000  
 
 
Balance at the beginning of the year
 
74,757,000  
 
 
78,938,000  
 
Preferred stock conversion to common stock
 
 
 
875,000  
(875,000) 
 
Stock plan shares issued
3,589,000  
(3,589,000) 
 
3,538,000  
(3,538,000) 
 
Shares surrendered by optionees
(74,000) 
74,000  
 
(232,000) 
232,000  
 
Common Shares, Balance at the end of the year
163,635,000  
 
 
 
163,600,000  
 
160,120,000  
 
 
 
160,100,000  
 
Balance at the end of the year
 
 
71,242,000  
 
 
 
 
 
74,757,000