Acquisitions (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 company	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 01, 2013 MultiTrode Pty Ltd	Jun. 30, 2012 MultiTrode Pty Ltd Employees	Feb. 05, 2013 PIMS Group	Apr. 30, 2012 PIMS Group Employees	Dec. 31, 2011 Heartland Pump Rental and Sales Inc	Oct. 26, 2012 Heartland Pump Rental and Sales Inc	Jun. 30, 2012 MJK Automation	Jul. 13, 2012 MJK Automation	Dec. 31, 2012 YSI Corporation	Dec. 31, 2010 YSI Corporation	Dec. 31, 2013 YSI Corporation Employees	Sep. 01, 2011 YSI Corporation	Sep. 01, 2011 YSI Corporation Trademarks	Dec. 31, 2012 YSI Corporation Customer Relationships	Sep. 01, 2011 YSI Corporation Customer Relationships	Dec. 31, 2012 YSI Corporation Proprietary Technology	Sep. 01, 2011 YSI Corporation Proprietary Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash payment to acquire business	$ 84						$ 57
Total spent on business acquisitions	81	41		309			55
Purchase Price					26					29		12				309
Number of employees						60		220							390
Revenue from acquired entity			13					38	33		11			101
Number of acquisitions		2
Transaction costs													3
Goodwill	1,718	1,647		1,610												190
Intangible assets																125
Finite lived intangible assets acquired																			41		35
Finite lived intangible assets acquired, weighted average useful life																		16 years		16 years
Indefinite lived intangible assets acquired																	$ 49