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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands												12 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 20, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 09, 2024 USD ($)	Jul. 19, 2024 USD ($)	Jul. 18, 2024 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Jan. 17, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 04, 2023 USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 14, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2022 USD ($)	May 02, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) business	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) business	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill												$ 4,905,702	$ 4,637,564	$ 4,425,371
Intangible assets												340,238
Consideration, net of cash acquired												635,269	533,623	$ 312,855
Measurement period adjustments												598	(5,103)
Number of business acquisitions with contingent consideration \| business														1
Imaging & Identification
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill												1,072,031	1,092,960	$ 1,078,259
Measurement period adjustments												$ 0	$ 0
Series of individually immaterial acquistions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions \| business												8	2	3
Net assets acquired												$ 674,005	$ 535,290	$ 309,504
Contingent consideration, liability												38,736
Expected goodwill deducible amount												14,188	224,771
Goodwill - non-deductible												$ 323,063	2,990
Series of individually immaterial acquistions \| Imaging & Identification
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
Series of individually immaterial acquistions \| Unpatented technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets													12,510
Series of individually immaterial acquistions \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets													$ 10,960
Marshall Excelsior Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired			$ 395,809
Percentage acquired (in percent)			100.00%
Goodwill			$ 187,923
Marshall Excelsior Company \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets			$ 194,100
Transchem
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired						$ 48,241
Percentage acquired (in percent)						100.00%
Goodwill						$ 25,132
Intangible assets						$ 26,309
Bulloch Technologies, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired					$ 121,917
Percentage acquired (in percent)					100.00%
Goodwill					$ 73,850
Bulloch Technologies, Inc \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets					$ 62,417
Demaco Holland D.V.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired				$ 42,556
Percentage acquired (in percent)				100.00%
Goodwill				$ 23,788
Demaco Holland D.V. \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				$ 20,159
Criteria Labs, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired		$ 14,737
Percentage acquired (in percent)		100.00%
Goodwill		$ 7,252
Criteria Labs, Inc \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets		7,900
SPS Cryogenics B.V
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired		$ 11,080
Percentage acquired (in percent)		100.00%
Goodwill		$ 5,118
SPS Cryogenics B.V \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets		$ 5,677
Carter Day International, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill - non-deductible	$ 14,188
Intangible assets	19,780
Consideration, net of cash acquired	$ 33,968
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than MCE
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions \| business												7
Expected goodwill deducible amount												$ 14,188
Goodwill - non-deductible												323,063
Goodwill												149,328
Intangible assets												146,138
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than MCE \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets												282,915
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than MCE \| Unpatented technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets												38,401
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than MCE \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets												18,922
FW Murphy
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage acquired (in percent)							100.00%
Goodwill							$ 224,771
Intangible assets							275,500
Consideration, net of cash acquired							526,457
Measurement period adjustments												227
Measurement period adjustments purchase price												288
FW Murphy \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							254,000
FW Murphy \| Unpatented technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							11,100
FW Murphy \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets							$ 10,400
Arc Pacific group
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage acquired (in percent)								100.00%
Goodwill								$ 2,990
Consideration, net of cash acquired								8,833
Measurement period adjustments												371
Measurement period adjustments purchase price												$ 250
Arc Pacific group \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets								$ 7,670
Malema Engineering Corporation
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired										$ 223,462
Percentage acquired (in percent)										99.70%				0.30%
Goodwill										$ 153,082
Intangible assets										84,000
Measurement period adjustments										1,381
Contingent consideration, estimated payout										50,000
Malema Engineering Corporation \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets										64,000
Malema Engineering Corporation \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets										4,000
Malema Engineering Corporation \| Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets										$ 16,000
Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired									$ 77,942
Percentage acquired (in percent)									100.00%
Goodwill									$ 41,779
Intangible assets									34,812
Measurement period adjustments									$ 3,749
AMN DPI
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired											$ 8,100
Percentage acquired (in percent)											100.00%
Goodwill											$ 1,903
Intangible assets											$ 5,625
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than Malema
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of business acquisitions \| business														2
Goodwill - non-deductible														$ 196,764
Goodwill														43,682
Intangible assets														40,437
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than Malema \| Customer intangibles
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														90,742
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than Malema \| Unpatented technologies
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														10,302
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than Malema \| Trademarks
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														7,393
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions, Other Than Malema \| Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets														$ 16,000