Acquisitions (Details) € in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions (in businesses)	3	3	6	4
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 36,031		$ 1,561,737	$ 567,843
Acquired Goodwill	35,233		908,313
Acquired intangible assets, net	12,707
Business Combination, Assets and Liabilities Arising from Contingencies, Amount Recognized, Net			1,554,448
Engineered Systems Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Goodwill	30,180		126,140
Fluids Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Goodwill	0		782,173
Refrigeration and Food Equipment Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Goodwill	0		0
Energy Segment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Goodwill	5,053		0
2017 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	43,142
Ettiingler [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 60,000	€ 50,000
Caldera Graphics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Acquisition of 100 Percent, Voting Rights	100.00%	100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 32,857
Acquired Goodwill	27,174
Acquired intangible assets, net	8,169
Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			792,244
Acquired Goodwill			482,445
Acquired intangible assets, net			300,042
Other Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	10,285		769,493	$ 568
Acquired Goodwill	8,059		425,868
Acquired intangible assets, net	$ 4,538		$ 321,609
Other Acquisitions [Member] | Customer-Related Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	9 years	9 years
Rosario [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 16,200	€ 13,500
Minimum [Member] | Caldera Graphics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	7 years	7 years
Minimum [Member] | Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired			11 years
Minimum [Member] | Other Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired			4 years
Maximum [Member] | Caldera Graphics [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired	15 years	15 years
Maximum [Member] | Wayne Fueling Systems Ltd. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired			15 years
Maximum [Member] | Other Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted average lives of finite-lived intangible assets acquired			15 years