Restructuring Charges And Other Adjusting Items	12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2015
Restructuring Charges [Abstract]
Restructuring Charges And Other Adjusting Items	NOTE R Restructuring Charges and Other Adjusting Items Donaldson has taken numerous actions to align its operating and manufacturing cost structure with current and projected Customer and end-market demand. In Fiscal 2015, these actions included: rebalancing and reducing the current salaried and production workforce globally, closing a production facility in Grinnell, Iowa, and the write-off of a partially completed facility in Xuzhou, China. For the above actions, the Company recorded pre-tax restructuring and impairment charges of $13.0 million for Fiscal 2015 compared with employee severance costs of $3.0 million in Fiscal 2014. In addition, the second quarter of Fiscal 2015, the Company recorded a $3.9 million charge related to a lump-sum settlement of its U.S. Pension Plan.

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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