Segment Information - Schedule of Segment Reporting Information by Segment Revenue (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 2,405.4	$ 2,485.6	$ 2,654.6
Operating income (loss)	$ 258.9	$ 380.1	$ 266.4
Operating margin	10.80%	15.30%	10.00%
Industrial Process [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 830.1	$ 1,113.8	$ 1,208.3
Operating income (loss)	$ 33.5	$ 141.2	$ 123.9
Operating margin	4.00%	12.70%	10.30%
Motion Technologies [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 983.4	$ 767.2	$ 769.4
Operating income (loss)	$ 171.4	$ 126.4	$ 130.9
Operating margin	17.40%	16.50%	17.00%
Interconnect Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 309.6	$ 328.1	$ 392.8
Operating income (loss)	$ 19.1	$ 12.2	$ 22.2
Operating margin	6.20%	3.70%	5.70%
Control Technologies [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 287.0	$ 281.2	$ 290.5
Operating income (loss)	$ 46.1	$ 42.4	$ 63.5
Operating margin	16.10%	15.10%	21.90%
Total Segment Results [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 2,410.1	$ 2,490.3	$ 2,661.0
Operating income (loss)	$ 270.1	$ 322.2	$ 340.5
Operating margin	11.20%	13.00%	12.80%
Asbestos Related Benefit (Costs), Net [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income (loss)	$ 25.6	$ 91.4	$ (3.9)
Eliminations / Other Corporate Costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	(4.7)	(4.7)	(6.4)
Operating income (loss)	(36.8)	(33.5)	(70.2)
Total Eliminations / Corporate and Other Costs [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	(4.7)	(4.7)	(6.4)
Operating income (loss)	$ (11.2)	$ 57.9	$ (74.1)