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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Goodwill by Acquisition (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	$ 97.9	$ 7.9
Impairment	$ 0.0	0.0	$ 0.0
Runtech [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Date of Acquisition	Feb. 08, 2018
Goodwill acquired	$ 63.6
PMI Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Date of Acquisition	May 29, 2018
Goodwill acquired	$ 8.7
DV Systems [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Date of Acquisition	Nov. 02, 2018
Goodwill acquired	$ 4.7
MP Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Date of Acquisition	Dec. 12, 2018
Goodwill acquired	$ 20.9
Industrials [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	89.2	7.9
Industrials [Member] \| Runtech [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	63.6
Industrials [Member] \| PMI Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Industrials [Member] \| DV Systems [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	4.7
Industrials [Member] \| MP Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	20.9
Energy [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	8.7	0.0
Accumulated goodwill impairment losses	563.9	563.9
Energy [Member] \| Runtech [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Energy [Member] \| PMI Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	8.7
Energy [Member] \| DV Systems [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Energy [Member] \| MP Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Medical [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0	$ 0.0
Medical [Member] \| Runtech [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Medical [Member] \| PMI Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Medical [Member] \| DV Systems [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	0.0
Medical [Member] \| MP Pumps [Member]
Goodwill Attributable to Business Acquired [Abstract]
Goodwill acquired	$ 0.0