Goodwill And Intangible Assets (Schedule Of Gross Intangibles) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangible assets, beginning of period	$ 444.3
Acquisitions	28.1
Translation Adjustments	(9.0)
Intangible assets, end of period	444.5
Customer Relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)		11 years
Intangible assets, beginning of period	253.8
Acquisitions	20.5
Impairment Charges	10.7	0.8
Translation Adjustments	(6.8)
Intangible assets, end of period	256.8	253.8
Technology [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)		9 years
Intangible assets, beginning of period	133.0
Acquisitions	5.2
Impairment Charges	7.8	16.2
Translation Adjustments	(1.0)
Intangible assets, end of period	129.4	133.0
Trademarks [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)		12 years
Intangible assets, beginning of period	32.6
Acquisitions	2.0
Impairment Charges	0.4
Translation Adjustments	(1.1)
Intangible assets, end of period	33.1	32.6
Patents [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)		5 years
Intangible assets, beginning of period	16.6
Acquisitions	0
Impairment Charges	0
Translation Adjustments	0
Intangible assets, end of period	16.6	16.6
Non-Compete Agreements [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Period (Years)		5 years
Intangible assets, beginning of period	8.3
Acquisitions	0.4
Impairment Charges	0
Translation Adjustments	(0.1)
Intangible assets, end of period	8.6	8.3
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	18.9
Climate Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	7.8
Climate Solutions [Member] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		0
Climate Solutions [Member] \| Technology [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		0
Climate Solutions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	7.8
Power Transmission Solutions [Domain]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	11.1
Power Transmission Solutions [Domain] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		0
Power Transmission Solutions [Domain] \| Technology [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		0
Power Transmission Solutions [Domain] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	11.1
Commercial and Industrial Systems [Domain]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		17.0
Commercial and Industrial Systems [Domain] \| Customer Relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		0.8
Commercial and Industrial Systems [Domain] \| Technology [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		16.2
Commercial and Industrial Systems [Domain] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges	0
Technology [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		16.2
Customer Relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment Charges		$ 0.8

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