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Acquisitions (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 01, 2014	May. 21, 2014	Nov. 25, 2013	Jul. 09, 2013
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain	$ 0	$ 0	$ 13,784
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	2,700	2,700	4,300
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual	$ 47,900	$ 347,300	$ 59,900
Simsmart Technologies [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition	Oct. 05, 2015
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 15,300
Roots Blowers and Compressors [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition	Jun. 30, 2015
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 180,700
Howden Thomassen Middle East FCZO [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition		May 21, 2014
Business Combination, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage Prior to additional Acquisition					90.00%
Percentage of Ownership Interest in Subsidiary by Parent After additional Acquisition					100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 800
Flakt Woods GII [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition			Nov. 29, 2013
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 246,000
Sicelub [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition			Nov. 25, 2013
Business Combination, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage Prior to additional Acquisition						44.00%
Percentage of Ownership Interest in Subsidiary by Parent After additional Acquisition						100.00%
Ownership Interest of Subsidiary Before Additional Acquisition						$ 7,400
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock, Fair Value at Acquisition Date						$ 31,700
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain			$ 13,800
Unrealized Gain On Change in expected settlement of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock		3,100
ČKD Kompresory [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition			Nov. 01, 2013
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 69,400
TLT-Babcock and Alphair [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition			Sep. 30, 2013
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 55,700
Clarus Fluid Intelligence [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition			Jul. 09, 2013
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired			$ 13,200
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability							$ 2,500
Unrealized Gain Loss Of Contingent Consideration Liability		$ 2,900
ESAB-SVEL [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition		Jul. 01, 2014
Business Combination, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage Prior to additional Acquisition				51.00%
Percentage of Ownership Interest in Subsidiary by Parent After additional Acquisition				100.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 9,500
Victor Technologies Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisitions [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition		Apr. 14, 2014
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired		$ 948,800
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	$ 100
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual		$ 35,900

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