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Borrowings (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
covenant
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2011
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Revolving facility principal amount $ 700,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod    
Revolving facility expiration date Jun. 27, 2016    
Notes payable and current portion of long-term borrowings 908,213,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt 863,952,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt  
Number of financial covenants 2iex_NumberofFinancialCovenants    
2.58% Senior Euro Notes, due June 2015      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Stated interest rate 2.58%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_SeniorEuroNotesMember
   
4.5% Senior Notes, due December 2020      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Stated interest rate 4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_FourPointFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
  4.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_FourPointFivePercentageSeniorNotesMember
4.2% Senior Notes, due December 2021      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Stated interest rate 4.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_FourPointTwoPercentageSeniorNotesMember
  4.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_FourPointTwoPercentageSeniorNotesMember
Minimum | Other borrowings      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Stated interest rate 0.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_OtherBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
   
Minimum | 2.58% Senior Euro Notes, due June 2015      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Interest coverage ratio 3.0iex_InterestCoverageRatio
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_SeniorEuroNotesMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
   
Maximum | Other borrowings      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Stated interest rate 1.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= iex_OtherBorrowingsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
   
Letters Of Credit      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Revolving facility principal amount 75,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember
   
Swing line Loans      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Revolving facility principal amount 25,000,000.0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_SwinglineLoansMember
   
Revolving Facility      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Applicable margin over LIBOR 1.05%iex_ApplicableMarginOverLibor
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
   
Annual credit facility fee basis point rate spread over LIBOR 0.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
   
Current borrowings under revolving facility 170,000,000iex_LineOfRevolvingFacilityAmountOutstanding
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
115,000,000iex_LineOfRevolvingFacilityAmountOutstanding
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
 
Outstanding letters of credit 7,100,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
   
Revolving Facility, amount available to borrow 522,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
   
Revolving Facility | Minimum      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Applicable margin over LIBOR 0.875%iex_ApplicableMarginOverLibor
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
   
Revolving Facility | Maximum      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Applicable margin over LIBOR 1.70%iex_ApplicableMarginOverLibor
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
   
Leverage ratio 3.25iex_LeverageRatioRequired
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_RevolvingFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
   
Other borrowings      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Other borrowings $ 1,944,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_OtherBorrowingsMember
$ 2,170,000us-gaap_OtherBorrowings
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= iex_OtherBorrowingsMember