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Business Combinations Contigent Consideration (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	$ 1,074us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability	$ 2,289us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability	$ 1,990us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability	$ 7,067us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration Recorded in Income, Liability	(474)gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability	299gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability	(3,777)gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability
Payment of Contingent Consideration	(741)gtls_PaymentOfContingentConsideration		(1,300)gtls_PaymentOfContingentConsideration
BioMedical [Member]
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	2,259us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember
Distribution & Storage [Member]
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember	0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember	0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember	841us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration Recorded in Income, Liability	0gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember	0gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember	459gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember
Payment of Contingent Consideration	0gtls_PaymentOfContingentConsideration / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember		(1,300)gtls_PaymentOfContingentConsideration / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_DistributionStorageMember
BioMedical [Member]
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability	1,074us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember	2,289us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember	1,990us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember	6,226us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration Recorded in Income, Liability	(474)gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember	299gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember	(4,236)gtls_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationRecordedInIncomeLiability / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember
Payment of Contingent Consideration	$ (741)gtls_PaymentOfContingentConsideration / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember		$ 0gtls_PaymentOfContingentConsideration / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = gtls_BiomedicalMember

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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration Recorded in Income, Liability

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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