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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Contingent Receivable as Percent of Net Income

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Potential Maximum Earnout

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Description Of Business (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 EUR (€)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of business segments					3
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestitures					$ 162,591	$ 2,753	$ 0
Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Goodwill, impairment charges					8,600
Reliability Services Divestiture \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestitures			$ 85,000
EV \| Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Earnout as a percent of net income		50.00%
Earnout period		7 years
Maximum earnout \| €		€ 18
Distributed Valves \| Discontinued Operations, Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Goodwill, impairment charges				$ 6,900
Intangible impairment charges				$ 1,000
Disposal group, adjustment to fair value					$ 39,800
Subsequent Event \| Instrumentation and Sampling \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestitures	$ 172,000