Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)														12 Months Ended
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions | business														2	3
Consideration transferred														$ 535,290,000	$ 309,504,000
Goodwill recorded in acquisition														4,881,687,000	$ 4,669,494,000	$ 4,558,822,000
Intangible assets														283,170,000
Number of business acquisitions with contingent consideration | business															1
Measurement period adjustments														(5,103,000)	$ 1,570,000
Pumps & Process Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill recorded in acquisition														1,208,571,000	979,535,000	$ 792,839,000
Measurement period adjustments														(5,103,000)	$ 968,000
Series of individually immaterial acquistions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions | business															2	7
Goodwill - tax deductible														224,771,000		$ 200,117,000
Goodwill - non deductible														2,990,000	$ 196,764,000	384,269,000
Goodwill recorded in acquisition															43,682,000	135,932,000
Intangible assets															40,437,000	$ 78,179,000
Series of individually immaterial acquistions | Pumps & Process Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions | business																1
Series of individually immaterial acquistions | Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														259,700,000	90,742,000	$ 310,819,000
Series of individually immaterial acquistions | Unpatented technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														12,510,000	10,302,000	44,180,000
Series of individually immaterial acquistions | Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														10,960,000	7,393,000	35,424,000
Series of individually immaterial acquistions | Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets															$ 16,000,000	$ 49,056,000
FW Murphy
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 526,457,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)	100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition	$ 224,771,000
Intangible assets	275,500,000
FW Murphy | Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	254,000,000
FW Murphy | Unpatented technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	11,100,000
FW Murphy | Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets	$ 10,400,000
Arc Pacific Company Ltd
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred		$ 8,833,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)		100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition		$ 2,990,000
Intangible assets		$ 7,670,000
Malema Engineering Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 223,462,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)				99.70%											0.30%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition				$ 153,082,000
Intangible assets				84,000,000
Contingent consideration payout maximum				50,000,000
Contingent consideration, estimated payout														$ 0
Measurement period adjustments				1,381,000
Malema Engineering Corporation | Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				64,000,000
Malema Engineering Corporation | Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				4,000,000
Malema Engineering Corporation | Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				$ 16,000,000
Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred			$ 77,942,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)			100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition			$ 41,779,000
Intangible assets			34,812,000
Measurement period adjustments			$ 3,749,000
AMN DPI
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred					$ 8,100,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)					100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition					$ 1,903,000
Intangible assets					$ 5,625,000
2021 Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions | business																9
Consideration transferred																$ 1,125,786,000
Goodwill - tax deductible																200,117,000
Goodwill - non deductible																384,269,000
Cash acquired																18,475,000
Contingent consideration, liability																$ 13,002,000
RegO
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred						$ 626,618,000
Goodwill - tax deductible						170,800,000
Goodwill - non deductible						$ 110,363,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)						100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition						$ 281,163,000
Intangible assets						234,000,000
Measurement period adjustments						4,187,000
Cash acquired						10,382,000
Accounts receivable						33,900,000
Fair value of trade receivables acquired						34,606,000
Allowance for uncollectable accounts						706,000
RegO | Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets						173,000,000
RegO | Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets						21,000,000
RegO | Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets						$ 40,000,000
Acme Cryogenics
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred							$ 292,306,000
Goodwill - non deductible							$ 167,291,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)							100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition							$ 167,291,000
Intangible assets							127,300,000
Measurement period adjustments							1,918,000
Accounts receivable							14,644,000
Fair value of trade receivables acquired							14,912,000
Allowance for uncollectable accounts							268,000
Acme Cryogenics | Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							99,000,000
Acme Cryogenics | Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							6,500,000
Acme Cryogenics | Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							$ 21,800,000
LIQAL
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred								$ 27,701,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)								100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition								$ 23,473,000
Intangible assets								$ 8,235,000
Espy
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred									$ 60,457,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)									100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition									$ 29,317,000
Intangible assets									$ 21,100,000
CDS Visual
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred										$ 29,147,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)										100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition										$ 20,863,000
Intangible assets										$ 9,930,000
Blue Bite
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred											$ 30,143,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)											100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition											$ 20,458,000
Intangible assets											$ 13,250,000
Quantex
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred												$ 23,747,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)												100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition												$ 14,327,000
Intangible assets												$ 11,034,000
AvaLAN
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred													$ 34,144,000
Percentage acquired (in percent)													100.00%
Goodwill recorded in acquisition													$ 26,803,000
Intangible assets													$ 14,630,000