TY - JOUR N2 - The paper presents the research results of horizontal continuous casting of ingots of aluminium alloy containing 2% wt. silicon (AlSi2). Together with the casting velocity (velocity of ingot movement) we considered the influence of electromagnetic stirring in the area of the continuous casting mould on refinement of the ingot’s primary structure and their selected mechanical properties, i.e. tensile strength, yield strength, hardness and elongation. The effect of primary structure refinement and mechanical properties obtained by electromagnetic stirring was compared with refinement obtained by using traditional inoculation, which consists in introducing additives, i.e. Ti, B and Sr, to the metal bath. On the basis of the obtained results we confirmed that inoculation done by electromagnetic stirring in the range of the continuous casting mould guarantees improved mechanical properties and also decreases the negative influence of casting velocity, thus increasing the structure of AlSi2 continuous ingots. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/102023/PDF/afe-2017-0066.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/102023 PY - 2017 IS - No 2 DO - 10.1515/afe-2017-0066 KW - Continuous casting KW - electromagnetic stirring KW - Aluminum KW - silicon KW - inoculation A1 - Szajnar, J. A1 - Stawarz, M. A1 - Bartocha, D. A1 - Wróbel, T. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 17 DA - 2017 T1 - Primary Structure and Mechanical Properties of AlSi2 Alloy Continuous Ingots UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102023 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -