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Acquisitions (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |
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Apr. 28, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Goodwill |  | $ 1,293,768,000 us-gaap_Goodwill | $ 1,321,277,000 us-gaap_Goodwill
Aegis Flow Technologies |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Acquisition-related transaction costs |  | 200,000 iex_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCost / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = iex_AegisFlowTechnologiesMember |
Aggregate purchase price | 25,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = iex_AegisFlowTechnologiesMember |  |
Goodwill | 7,700,000 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = iex_AegisFlowTechnologiesMember |  |
Intangible assets | 8,800,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = iex_AegisFlowTechnologiesMember |  |
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes | $ 7,700,000 us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = iex_AegisFlowTechnologiesMember |  |

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