Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended							3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Brazil [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Brazil [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 15, 2012 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Brazil [Member] BRL	Mar. 20, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 20, 2014 Antitrust indirect purchaser [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Atlantic Industrie [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Corporate Segment [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Minimum [Member] Corporate Segment [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 Grafton Facility [Member] monitoring_well	Sep. 30, 2014 Grafton Facility [Member] USD ($) residence	Sep. 30, 2014 Loss From Discontinued Operations [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Cash payment [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Medical, dental and vision insurance [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 UNITED STATES Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UNITED STATES Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 nonUS [Member] Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 nonUS [Member] Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Insurance Coverage																€ 3,500,000
Payment to former employee	835,000		835,000
Period of benefit																							20 months	18 months
Discounted receivables sold with limited recourse						2,600,000	12,100,000	0	0
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed	20,200,000		20,200,000		22,000,000
Discount rate						5.20%	5.90%
Outstanding letters of credit																									5,500,000	3,200,000	4,300,000	7,900,000
Settlement amount										7,000,000
Adjusted notice and administrative costs											150,000
Claim alleged total estimated damages												1,000,000		63,000,000		16,715,109
InsuranceDeductible																60,000
Percent of plaintiff's total purchases in Europe														15.00%
Settlement amount													1,500,000		250,000
Settlement payment period													3 years
Environmental investigation activities period																		3 months
Environmental reserve for sold building	0	200,000	1,200,000	200,000													1,200,000				200,000
Term of remediation cost cap insurance																			30 years
Remediation cost cap insurance																			100,000,000
Environmental Site Liability insurance																			20,000,000
Environmental remediation	$ 5,800,000		$ 5,800,000		$ 2,400,000												$ 1,500,000					$ 3,100,000
Number of additional monitoring wells																				3
Number of residences for sampling results of vapor intrusion																					15
Installed vapor mitigation systems, number of residences																					4
Off-site well monitoring period																				2 years