INDEBTEDNESS (Details 2)	Sep. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 26, 2015 USD ($)
Senior credit facility
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,200,000,000.0
Weighted-average interest rate of senior credit facilities (as a percent)		1.90%
Domestic revolving credit facility
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	200,000,000.0
Letters of credit issued, amount outstanding		$ 49,500,000
Foreign credit instrument facility
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	150,000,000.0
Letters of credit issued, amount outstanding		$ 319,100,000
Term loan | Senior credit facility
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	350,000,000.0
Participation Foreign Credit Instrument Facility | Letters of credit and guarantees
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	300,000,000.0
Bilateral Foreign Credit Instrument Facility | Letters of credit and guarantees
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	200,000,000.0
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | Senior credit facility
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,350,000,000.0
Percentage of capital stock	100.00%
Percentage of capital stock of material first tier foreign subsidiaries	65.00%
Consolidated interest coverage ratio	3.50
Consolidated leverage ratio	3.25
Consolidated leverage ratio after certain permitted acquisitions	3.50
Consolidate leverage ratio to repurchase capital stock and pay cash dividends	2.50
Aggregate amount of repurchases and dividend declarations	$ 50,000,000
Additional amount for all such repurchases and dividend declarations after effective date	$ 100,000,000
Percentage of cumulative consolidated net income	50.00%
Percentage of cumulative consolidated net deficit	100.00%
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | Foreign credit instrument facility
Credit Facilities
Fronting fees percentage	0.25%
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | Letters of credit and guarantees
Credit Facilities
Fronting fees percentage	0.125%
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 350,000,000.0
Principal amount of the term loan repayable in quarterly installments (as a percentage)	5.00%
Aggregate principal amount	$ 300,000,000.0
Net cash and cash equivalents	$ 50,000,000.0
Consolidated senior secured leverage ratio	2.75
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | Federal Funds Effective Rate | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Interest rate percentage spread	0.50%
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | LIBOR | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Interest rate percentage spread	1.00%
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), Period One | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Interest rate periods	1 month
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), Period Two | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Interest rate periods	2 months
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), Period Three | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Interest rate periods	3 months
SPX Flow Credit Agreement | SPX Flow, Inc | Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), Period Four | Loans Payable
Credit Facilities
Interest rate periods	6 months