SEGMENT INFORMATION - Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment Revenue (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Segment	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| Segment			4
Revenue	$ 601.9	$ 657.1	$ 1,818.8	$ 1,994.6
Operating Income	$ 103.9	$ 119.7	$ 326.3	$ 222.5
Operating Margin	17.30%	18.20%	17.90%	11.20%
Total Segment Results [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 603.1	$ 658.8	$ 1,822.3	$ 1,999.8
Operating Income	$ 84.6	$ 94.4	$ 255.0	$ 260.0
Operating Margin	14.10%	14.40%	14.00%	13.00%
Industrial Process [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 270.6	$ 292.7	$ 813.7	$ 867.6
Operating Income	$ 34.0	$ 31.0	$ 95.9	$ 80.7
Operating Margin	12.60%	10.60%	11.80%	9.30%
Motion Technologies [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 179.9	$ 197.0	$ 555.5	$ 612.8
Operating Income	$ 33.0	$ 36.5	$ 111.0	$ 111.4
Operating Margin	18.30%	18.50%	20.00%	18.20%
Interconnect Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 82.8	$ 98.4	$ 243.0	$ 302.1
Operating Income	$ 3.6	$ 11.2	$ 7.6	$ 20.5
Operating Margin	4.30%	11.40%	3.10%	6.80%
Control Technologies [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 69.8	$ 70.7	$ 210.1	$ 217.3
Operating Income	$ 14.0	$ 15.7	$ 40.5	$ 47.4
Operating Margin	20.10%	22.20%	19.30%	21.80%
Total Eliminations / Corporate and Other costs
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ (1.2)	$ (1.7)	$ (3.5)	$ (5.2)
Operating Income	$ 19.3	$ 25.3	$ 71.3	$ (37.5)
Operating Margin	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Asbestos-related costs, net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Operating Income	$ 30.3	$ 42.5	$ 99.7	$ 10.8
Operating Margin	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Eliminations / Other corporate costs
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ (1.2)	$ (1.7)	$ (3.5)	$ (5.2)
Operating Income	$ (11.0)	$ (17.2)	$ (28.4)	$ (48.3)
Operating Margin	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

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-Section S99

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