Segment Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) segments	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segments			5
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 1,499,175,000	$ 1,810,706,000	$ 3,155,114,000	$ 3,535,463,000
Interest Expense	28,711,000	31,754,000	55,979,000	63,562,000
Interest Income	(728,000)	(945,000)	(1,911,000)	(1,835,000)
Earnings before provision for income taxes	156,829,000	249,739,000	370,329,000	388,057,000
Provision for income taxes	32,063,000	51,654,000	69,284,000	84,267,000
Net earnings	124,766,000	198,085,000	301,045,000	303,790,000
Loss on assets held for sale	0	0	0	46,946,000
Gain on sale of businesses	781,000	0	(5,770,000)	0
Asset Impairment Charges			3,640
United States
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	852,999,000	960,906,000	1,809,639,000	1,880,798,000
Europe [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	320,076,000	405,274,000	681,242,000	807,919,000
Asia [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	164,009,000	198,278,000	318,284,000	394,628,000
Other Americas [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	112,995,000	178,216,000	242,044,000	316,334,000
Other [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	49,096,000	68,032,000	103,905,000	135,784,000
Engineered Products Segment [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	342,380,000	429,928,000	750,540,000	848,779,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	47,702,000	77,129,000	116,796,000	144,248,000
Fueling Solutions Segment [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	326,495,000	390,586,000	686,477,000	763,636,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	47,214,000	52,637,000	100,712,000	89,867,000
Imaging & Identification Segment
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	227,977,000	266,588,000	484,742,000	534,942,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	38,046,000	54,641,000	89,528,000	110,596,000
Pumps & Process Solutions Segment
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	309,095,000	338,924,000	628,631,000	669,143,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	67,702,000	76,278,000	133,781,000	91,269,000
Refrigeration and Food Equipment Segment [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	293,527,000	385,474,000	605,440,000	720,117,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	11,459,000	44,375,000	34,988,000	69,182,000
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	(299,000)	(794,000)	(716,000)	(1,154,000)
Total segments [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Earnings before provision for income taxes	212,123,000	305,060,000	475,805,000	505,162,000
Corporate expense / other [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Earnings before provision for income taxes	$ 27,311,000	$ 24,512,000	$ 51,408,000	$ 55,378,000