Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Goodwill (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, Gross			$ 3,562,118
Accumulated impairment loss			(70,561)
Balance	$ 3,737,389	$ 3,491,557
Acquisitions	908,313	315,701
Purchase price adjustments	5,991	8,604
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit	(34,867)	(22,877)
Foreign currency translation	(54,149)	(55,596)
Balance	$ 4,562,677	3,737,389
Number of Reporting Units	9
Energy Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, Gross			1,048,735
Accumulated impairment loss			0
Balance	$ 1,047,180	1,048,735
Acquisitions	0	0
Purchase price adjustments	0	8,604
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit	0	0
Foreign currency translation	(1,406)	(10,159)
Balance	1,045,774	1,047,180
Engineered Systems Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, Gross			1,280,769
Accumulated impairment loss			(10,591)
Balance	1,473,864	1,270,178
Acquisitions	126,140	238,618
Purchase price adjustments	363	0
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit	(9,615)	19,128
Foreign currency translation	(23,536)	(15,804)
Balance	1,567,216	1,473,864
Fluids Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, Gross			669,633
Accumulated impairment loss			(59,970)
Balance	655,745	609,663
Acquisitions	782,173	73,251
Purchase price adjustments	4,860	0
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit	0	0
Foreign currency translation	(29,270)	(27,169)
Balance	1,413,508	655,745
Refrigeration and Food Equipment Segment [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, Gross			562,981
Accumulated impairment loss			$ 0
Balance	560,600	562,981
Acquisitions	0	3,832
Purchase price adjustments	768	0
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit	(25,252)	(3,749)
Foreign currency translation	63	(2,464)
Balance	$ 536,179	$ 560,600
Minimum [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	9.00%
Maximum [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	10.50%
Energy Reporting Unit 1 [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount	49.00%
Energy Reporting Unit 2 [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Reporting Unit, Percentage of Fair Value in Excess of Carrying Amount	33.00%
Energy Reporting Unit 1 and 2 [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Balance	$ 959,000

Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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