This summary provides high-level information about the document in 3 sentences: The document is about a 6th edition book published in September 2012 titled "Mechanical Operations: Principles and Applications" that discusses mechanical operations and their applications. The book has 0 citations and has been read 18,874 times on ResearchGate. The author Kiran D. Patil from MIT World Peace University in Pune, India has published 69 publications and been cited 88 times according to their profile.