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Segment Information (Schedule of Financial Information Attributable To The Reporting Segments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jul. 04, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014	Jun. 28, 2014	Mar. 29, 2014	Sep. 27, 2014	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 773.5	$ 882.3	$ 942.2	$ 911.7	$ 775.6	$ 829.8	$ 850.4	$ 801.2		$ 3,509.7	$ 3,257.1	$ 3,095.7
Gross profit	219.8	241.1	251.4	220.9	188.1	203.8	211.0	194.4		933.2	797.3	783.2
Operating Expenses										600.5	516.3	494.2
Goodwill Impairment	79.9				118.5				$ 1.0	79.9	119.5	76.3
Asset Impairments and Other, Net										0.0	40.0	4.7
Income (loss) from operations	(14.1)	100.1	103.2	63.6	(110.6)	74.7	87.7	69.7		252.8	121.5	208.0
Depreciation and amortization										159.4	138.7	128.5
Capital expenditures										92.2	83.6	82.7
Identifiable assets	4,591.7				3,357.2					4,591.7	3,357.2	3,611.3
Commercial and Industrial Systems
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	370.7	426.8	441.0	456.4	451.2	472.3	479.0	453.5		1,694.9	1,856.1	1,746.6
Goodwill Impairment										79.9	100.7
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											0.0	4.7
Income (loss) from operations	(59.7)	38.8	41.5	33.3	(84.2)	33.6	47.0	37.2
Climate Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	210.3	264.4	286.1	280.4	256.2	290.0	303.5	285.1		1,041.2	1,134.8	1,098.6
Goodwill Impairment										0.0	7.7
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											13.8	0.0
Income (loss) from operations	28.9	40.7	43.7	33.4	7.1	33.1	33.1	26.3
Power Transmission Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales	192.5	191.1	215.1	174.9	68.2	67.5	67.9	62.6		773.6	266.2	250.5
Goodwill Impairment										0.0		11.1
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											26.2	0.0
Income (loss) from operations	16.7	$ 20.6	$ 18.0	$ (3.1)	(33.5)	$ 8.0	$ 7.6	$ 6.2
Operating Segments [Member] \| Commercial and Industrial Systems
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										1,766.1	1,934.3	1,820.2
Gross profit										441.1	468.2	461.8
Operating Expenses										307.2	333.9	311.1
Goodwill Impairment										79.9	100.7	64.2
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											0.0	4.7
Income (loss) from operations										54.0	33.6	81.8
Depreciation and amortization										77.5	81.5	67.3
Capital expenditures										52.3	59.6	56.4
Identifiable assets	1,959.5				2,371.7					1,959.5	2,371.7	2,591.8
Operating Segments [Member] \| Climate Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										1,065.3	1,154.0	1,115.2
Gross profit										262.2	258.8	252.9
Operating Expenses										115.6	137.7	143.6
Goodwill Impairment										0.0	7.7	0.0
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											13.8	0.0
Income (loss) from operations										146.6	99.6	109.3
Depreciation and amortization										28.6	45.0	49.0
Capital expenditures										18.5	16.8	17.9
Identifiable assets	937.2				842.6					937.2	842.6	816.2
Operating Segments [Member] \| Power Transmission Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										777.6	271.3	255.5
Gross profit										229.9	70.3	68.5
Operating Expenses										177.7	44.7	39.5
Goodwill Impairment										0.0	11.1	12.1
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											26.2	0.0
Income (loss) from operations										52.2	(11.7)	16.9
Depreciation and amortization										53.3	12.2	12.2
Capital expenditures										21.4	7.2	8.4
Identifiable assets	1,695.0				142.9					1,695.0	142.9	203.3
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										(99.3)	(102.5)	(95.2)
Gross profit										0.0	0.0	0.0
Operating Expenses										0.0	0.0	0.0
Goodwill Impairment										0.0	0.0	0.0
Asset Impairments and Other, Net											0.0	0.0
Income (loss) from operations										0.0	0.0	0.0
Depreciation and amortization										0.0	0.0	0.0
Capital expenditures										0.0	0.0	0.0
Identifiable assets	$ 0.0				$ 0.0					0.0	0.0	0.0
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Commercial and Industrial Systems
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										71.2	78.2	73.6
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Climate Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										24.1	19.2	16.6
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] \| Power Transmission Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales										$ 4.0	$ 5.1	$ 5.0