Segment Information (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) segments	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segments			5
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 1,748,256,000	$ 1,825,345,000	$ 4,903,370,000	$ 5,360,808,000
Interest Expense	27,724,000	31,410,000	83,703,000	94,972,000
Interest Income	(960,000)	(1,263,000)	(2,871,000)	(3,098,000)
Earnings before provision for income taxes	250,997,000	257,930,000	621,326,000	645,987,000
Provision for income taxes	50,697,000	51,924,000	119,981,000	136,191,000
Net earnings	200,300,000	206,006,000	501,345,000	509,796,000
Loss on assets held for sale	0	0	0	46,946,000
Gain on sale of businesses	557,000	0	(5,213,000)	0
Asset Impairment Charges			3,640
United States
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	952,548,000	1,002,349,000	2,762,187,000	2,883,147,000
Europe [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	383,867,000	376,601,000	1,065,109,000	1,184,520,000
Asia [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	207,474,000	229,210,000	525,758,000	623,838,000
Other Americas [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	138,060,000	150,257,000	380,104,000	466,591,000
Other [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	66,307,000	66,928,000	170,212,000	202,712,000
Engineered Products Segment [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	386,562,000	426,689,000	1,137,102,000	1,275,468,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	64,890,000	74,367,000	181,686,000	218,615,000
Fueling Solutions Segment [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	380,511,000	411,769,000	1,066,988,000	1,175,405,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	66,601,000	68,069,000	167,313,000	157,936,000
Imaging & Identification Segment
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	265,690,000	275,109,000	750,432,000	810,051,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	51,928,000	61,655,000	141,456,000	172,251,000
Pumps & Process Solutions Segment
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	347,875,000	341,337,000	976,506,000	1,010,480,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	89,786,000	77,433,000	223,567,000	168,702,000
Refrigeration and Food Equipment Segment [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	368,395,000	370,335,000	973,835,000	1,090,452,000
Earnings before provision for income taxes	40,159,000	35,211,000	75,147,000	104,393,000
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Revenue	(777,000)	106,000	(1,493,000)	(1,048,000)
Total segments [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Earnings before provision for income taxes	313,364,000	316,735,000	789,169,000	821,897,000
Corporate expense / other [Member]
Reconciliation from Segment Totals to Consolidated [Abstract]
Earnings before provision for income taxes	$ 35,603,000	$ 28,658,000	$ 87,011,000	$ 84,036,000