Significant Accounting Policies and Accounting Developments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 04, 2024	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	May 04, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2021	Aug. 31, 2021
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Decrease to existing reserves								$ 2,000
Sales					$ 4,557,806	$ 4,320,577	$ 3,615,120
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 434,971			675,441	545,678	434,971		$ 658,452
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $79,059 and $80,013, respectively					976,739	881,869
Retirement obligations and other liabilities					371,055	389,120
Retained earnings					4,025,750	3,854,717
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax					$ (741,424)	(639,601)
Interest ownership for cost method accounting (percentage)					20.00%
Loss accrual					$ 110,300
Insurance receivables					$ 35,800
Warranty obligations sales trend period (in months)					24 months
Research and Development [Abstract]
Research and development costs					$ 69,900	48,700	39,900
Goodwill		1,168,124			1,286,295	1,182,225	1,168,124
Supplier finance obligation					$ 8,571	$ 13,527
Supplier Finance Program, Obligation, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]					Accounts payable	Accounts payable
Payments For Disposition Of Business					$ 2,555	$ 0	0
Loss on sale of business					$ 12,981	0	0
Remaining lease term					28 years
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations | Flow Control Division
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Sales				$ 3,000
Research and Development [Abstract]
Payments For Disposition Of Business	$ 2,600
Loss on sale of business	$ 13,000
Subsidiaries | Russian Subsidiary
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax		13,600	$ 20,200
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs after tax		9,800	$ 21,000
Velan Inc.
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Related expenses					$ 7,300
Sales
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(9,330)
Cost of sales ("COS")
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					8,860
Gross loss
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(18,190)
Selling, general and administrative expense ("SG&A")
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					15,697
Operating loss
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(33,887)
FPD
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Sales					3,154,151	3,060,993	2,518,000
Research and Development [Abstract]
Goodwill		772,273			765,740	779,996	772,273
FCD
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Sales					1,403,655	1,259,584	1,097,120
Research and Development [Abstract]
Goodwill		$ 395,851			520,555	402,229	395,851
Operating Segments
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Sales					4,557,806	4,320,577	3,615,120
Operating Segments | FPD
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Sales					3,154,151	3,060,993	2,518,000
Operating Segments | FPD | Sales
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(9,330)
Operating Segments | FPD | Cost of sales ("COS")
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					7,442
Operating Segments | FPD | Gross loss
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(16,772)
Operating Segments | FPD | Selling, general and administrative expense ("SG&A")
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					13,977
Operating Segments | FPD | Operating loss
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(30,749)
Operating Segments | FCD
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Sales					1,403,655	$ 1,259,584	$ 1,097,120
Operating Segments | FCD | Sales
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					0
Operating Segments | FCD | Cost of sales ("COS")
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					1,418
Operating Segments | FCD | Gross loss
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					(1,418)
Operating Segments | FCD | Selling, general and administrative expense ("SG&A")
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					1,720
Operating Segments | FCD | Operating loss
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer reserve for estimated exit costs before tax					$ (3,138)
Minimum
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss										$ 93,200
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Intangible asset, useful life (in years)					1 year
Minimum | Internally developed software
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life (in years)					3 years
Minimum | Cloud Computing Arrangements
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life (in years)					3 years
Maximum
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss										$ 143,700
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net [Abstract]
Intangible asset, useful life (in years)					40 years
Maximum | Internally developed software
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life (in years)					7 years
Maximum | Cloud Computing Arrangements
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, useful life (in years)					7 years