Disposed and Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Feb. 28, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income Taxes Paid	$ 170,394	$ 346,382	$ 372,446
Proceeds from the sale of businesses	206,407	689,314	191,348
Spin-off costs incurred to date			27,055
Pension settlement charge, net of tax		810	4,448
Cash received from Knowles Corporation, net of cash distributed	0	0	359,955
Stockholders' Equity Note, Spinoff Transaction			(1,423,197)
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Revenue		72,869	568,991
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax		265,550	(3,691)
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax		8,222	13,611
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation		176	(12,825)
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, net	0	273,948	(2,905)
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, Net of Tax		8,398	786
Texas Hydraulics [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses	47,300
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax	11,853
Tipper Tie [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses	158,887
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax	$ 85,035
Datamax ONeil [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses		185,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax		87,781
Sargent Aerospace [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income Taxes Paid		110,500
Proceeds from the sale of businesses		500,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax		177,769
Everett Charles Technologies [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses			4,482
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax			3,204
DEK [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of businesses			170,616
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax			(6,895)
Businesses held for sale or spun [Member]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, Net of Tax		$ 9,209	32,289
Knowles [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revolving Credit Facility				$ 100,000
Term Loan Facility				$ 300,000
Transfer Of Cash And Cash Equivalents At Spin Off Gross			400,000
Cash received from Knowles Corporation, net of cash distributed			359,837
AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Stockholders' Equity Note, Spinoff Transaction			$ (26,695)