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Revenues from Contracts - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 28, 2019 | Jun. 29, 2019 | Mar. 30, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Sep. 29, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Jul. 01, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ 444,600,000 | $ 364,800,000 | $ 372,400,000 | $ 343,600,000 | $ 445,000,000.0 | $ 362,500,000 | $ 379,200,000 | $ 351,900,000 |  |  | $ 1,525,400,000 | $ 1,538,600,000 | $ 1,425,800,000
Change in net contract balance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (53,400,000) |  |
Revenue recognized related to contract liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 63,100,000 |  |
Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 523,700,000 | 582,600,000 |
South Africa |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (6,100,000) | 72,700,000 | 56,900,000
Large Power Projects | South Africa | Reportable and other operating segments | Revisions in estimates for large power projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |
All Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (1,600,000) | 98,600,000 | 93,800,000
All Other | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (4,600,000) | 93,500,000 |
All Other | Large Power Projects | South Africa | Reportable and other operating segments | Revisions in estimates for large power projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  | (6,000,000.0) | $ (17,500,000) |  |  |  |  | $ (23,400,000) | $ (13,500,000) | (23,500,000) | (2,700,000) | (36,900,000)
All Other | Large Power Projects | South Africa | Reportable and other operating segments | Revisions in estimates for large power projects | Alstom GE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  | $ (6,000,000.0) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
HVAC reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 593,200,000 | 582,100,000 | 511,000,000.0
Customer contract terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The typical length of a contract is one to three months and payment terms are generally 15 to 60 days after shipment to the customer. |  |
HVAC reportable segment | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 | 0 |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 384,900,000 | 320,900,000 | 260,300,000
Customer contract terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | These product lines have varying contract lengths ranging from one to eighteen months (with the longer term contracts generally associated with our bus fare collection systems and signal monitoring products lines), with the typical duration being one to three months. |  |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 27,800,000 | 13,600,000 |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 548,900,000 | 537,000,000.0 | $ 560,700,000
Customer contract terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The length of customer contract is generally 6 to 12 months for our power transformers business and 6 to 18 months for our process cooling business. Payments on longer-term contracts are generally commensurate with milestones defined in the related contract, while payments for the replacement/spare parts contracts typically occur 30 to 60 days after delivery. |  |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | Transferred over Time |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 500,500,000 | 475,500,000 |
Power transformers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 403,400,000 | 373,800,000 |
Power transformers | All Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
Power transformers | HVAC reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
Power transformers | Detection and Measurement reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
Power transformers | Engineered Solutions reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 403,400,000 | 373,800,000 |
Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 154,800,000 | 212,700,000 |
Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers | All Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9,300,000 | 49,500,000 |
Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers | HVAC reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers | Detection and Measurement reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
Process cooling equipment, services, and heat exchangers | Engineered Solutions reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 145,500,000 | 163,200,000 |
SPX Heat Transfer Business | Engineered Solutions reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer contract terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The length of customer contract is generally 6 to 18 months for our heat exchanger business. |  |
South African projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ (10,900,000) | 49,100,000 |
South African projects | All Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10,900,000) | 49,100,000 |
South African projects | HVAC reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
South African projects | Detection and Measurement reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |
South African projects | Engineered Solutions reportable segment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Customer contract terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The large contracts in our South African business relate to the construction of two large power plants that have a length in excess of 10 years. |  |

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