What is the lava thing for in the industrial centrifuge

In the gui for the industrial centrifuge there is a lava area.

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what is it used for? Can I speed up the machine this way?


It is used to feed lava from a container object like a bucket.

By default you get:

16 Still Lava → 1 Tin Ingot + 4 Electrum Nugget + 2 Copper Ingot + 1 Tiny Pile of Tungsten Dust

This might be different depending on the pack.