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Derivative Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Sep. 30, 2011
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2010
Apr. 30, 2010
Oct. 31, 2011
Jul. 31, 2011
Sep. 29, 2011
Apr. 15, 2010
Jul. 12, 2011
Dec. 06, 2010
Derivative [Line Items]                          
Interest rate contract with notional amount                   $ 350,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount      
Interest rate exchange agreement expiration date   Feb. 28, 2012                      
Future amortization interest expense over 10 year periods     1,723,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 1,703,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 1,685,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts                
Additional interest rate contract settlement 4,000,000iex_AdditionalInterestRateContractSettlement                        
Amount to be recognized from hedged transactions within 12 months, approximate     (7,000,000)us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassificationFromAccumulatedOCIToIncomeEstimatedNetAmountToBeTransferred                    
Interest Rate Exchange Agreement Expiring 2010                          
Derivative [Line Items]                          
Interest rate contract with notional amount                     300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementExpiringTwoThousandTenMember
   
Interest rate exchange agreement expiration date             Dec. 31, 2010            
Interest rate contract settlement amount           31,000,000iex_InterestRateContractSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementExpiringTwoThousandTenMember
             
Future amortization interest expense over 10 year periods           31,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementExpiringTwoThousandTenMember
             
Term of amortized interest expense, years           10 years              
Interest rate         5.80%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementExpiringTwoThousandTenMember
               
Interest Rate Exchange Agreement Expiring 2011                          
Derivative [Line Items]                          
Interest rate contract with notional amount                       350,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementExpiringTwoThousandElevenMember
 
Interest rate exchange agreement expiration date                 Sep. 30, 2011        
Interest rate contract settlement amount               34,700,000iex_InterestRateContractSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementExpiringTwoThousandElevenMember
         
Interest Rate Exchange Agreements Expiring 2011 And 2012                          
Derivative [Line Items]                          
Future amortization interest expense over 10 year periods 37,900,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementsExpiringTwoThousandElevenAndTwoThousandTwelveMember
                       
Interest rate       5.30%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementsExpiringTwoThousandElevenAndTwoThousandTwelveMember
                 
Settlement amount interest rate contract       38,700,000iex_SettlementAmountInterestRateContract
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementsExpiringTwoThousandElevenAndTwoThousandTwelveMember
                 
Interest rate settlement recognized as other expense $ 800,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingExpense
/ us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis
= iex_InterestRateExchangeAgreementsExpiringTwoThousandElevenAndTwoThousandTwelveMember
                       
4.5 % Senior Notes                          
Derivative [Line Items]                          
Interest rate on senior notes                     4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_FourPointFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
  4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_FourPointFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember