Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Revenue:
Product revenue	$ 875.9	$ 1,207.9	$ 2,754.7	$ 3,936.7
Service revenue	165.9	268.5	548.2	790.7
Lease and other income (Note 8)	49.4	68.6	147.3	208.0
Total revenue	1,091.2	1,545.0	3,450.2	4,935.4
Costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenue	681.3	924.2	2,134.6	3,008.1
Cost of service revenue	116.8	196.7	429.1	596.7
Cost of lease and other revenue	48.6	53.0	136.6	148.7
Selling, general and administrative expense	132.9	144.3	430.0	482.6
Research and development expense	23.3	25.9	89.5	91.7
Restructuring and impairment expense (Note 5)	23.8	78.1	75.4	98.2
Merger transaction and integration costs (Note 2)	11.6		30.6
Total costs and expenses	1,038.3	1,422.2	3,325.8	4,426.0
Other expense, net	(8.7)	(12.7)	(29.4)	(34.1)
Income before net interest expense and income taxes	44.2	110.1	95.0	475.3
Net interest expense	(7.7)	(8.1)	(22.8)	(24.4)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	36.5	102.0	72.2	450.9
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (Note 13)	(9.5)	19.5	9.0	112.3
Income from continuing operations	46.0	82.5	63.2	338.6
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (Note 6)	(14.0)		(14.0)
Net income	32.0	82.5	49.2	338.6
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.3	(0.5)	0.4	(1.1)
Net income attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc.	32.3	82.0	49.6	337.5
Net income attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc.:
Income from continuing operations	46.3	$ 82.0	63.6	$ 337.5
Loss from discontinued operations	$ (14.0)		$ (14.0)
Basic earnings per share attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc. (Note 4):
Income from continuing operations, per basic share	$ 0.20	$ 0.36	$ 0.28	$ 1.46
Loss from discontinued operations, per basic share	(0.06)		(0.06)
Basic earnings per share	0.14	0.36	0.22	1.46
Diluted earnings per share attributable to FMC Technologies, Inc. (Note 4):
Income from continuing operations, per diluted share	0.20	0.35	0.28	1.45
Loss from discontinued operations, per diluted share	(0.06)		(0.06)
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.14	$ 0.35	$ 0.22	$ 1.45
Weighted average shares outstanding (Note 4):
Basic	226.9	230.2	227.3	231.6
Diluted	228.2	231.0	228.5	232.5