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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Customer
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Percentage of revenue from long-term contracts 8.00%pkoh_PercentageOfRevenueFromLongTermContracts   8.00%pkoh_PercentageOfRevenueFromLongTermContracts
Sale of accounts receivable $ 95.0pkoh_SaleOfAccountReceivable $ 75.4pkoh_SaleOfAccountReceivable  
Income (expense) related to discount on sale of accounts receivable (0.5)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable (0.4)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfAccountsReceivable  
Number of customers with uncollateralized accounts receivable in automotive industry 6pkoh_NumberOfCustomersInAutomotiveIndustry    
Uncollateralized accounts receivable 37.7pkoh_UncollateralizedAccountsReceivable   37.7pkoh_UncollateralizedAccountsReceivable
Percentage of accounts receivable uncollateralized 18.00%pkoh_PercentageOfAccountsReceivable    
Revenue from sales to major customers 252.6pkoh_RevenueFromSalesToMajorCustomers    
Percentage of revenue from sales to major customers 18.00%pkoh_PercentageOfRevenueFromSalesToMajorCustomers   18.00%pkoh_PercentageOfRevenueFromSalesToMajorCustomers
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Number of shares that may be awarded 3,700,000us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= pkoh_OneNineNineEightLongTermIncentivePlanMember
  3,700,000us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= pkoh_OneNineNineEightLongTermIncentivePlanMember
Maximum number of shares to be awarded to any individual participant in any one calendar year (no more than) 500,000pkoh_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardMaximumNumberofSharesToBeGrantedtoAnyIndividualParticipantDuringCalendarYear
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= pkoh_OneNineNineEightLongTermIncentivePlanMember
  500,000pkoh_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardMaximumNumberofSharesToBeGrantedtoAnyIndividualParticipantDuringCalendarYear
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= pkoh_OneNineNineEightLongTermIncentivePlanMember
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan | Stock Options      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Options maximum expiration period (more than) 10 years    
Building | Minimum      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, useful life 5 years    
Building | Maximum      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, useful life 50 years    
Machinery and Equipment | Minimum      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, useful life 1 year    
Machinery and Equipment | Maximum      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, useful life 20 years    
Purchase of Real Estate | Chief Executive Officer      
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Purchase of real estate from related party     $ 1.8us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAmountsOfTransaction
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis
= pkoh_PurchaseofRealEstateMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_ChiefExecutiveOfficerMember