The present invention relates to a method of determining the quantitative ratio of
melamine-
formaldehyde resin and
urea-
formaldehyde resin in at least one paper ply impregnated with a mixture of these resins, wherein the impregnation is conducted in a
system for impregnation of at least one paper ply running through the
system, comprising the steps of impregnating multiple paper plies with resin mixtures each with different quantitatively defined ratios of
melamine-
formaldehyde resin and
urea-formaldehyde resin as reference samples; recording at least one NIR spectrum of each of the reference samples using at least one NIR measurement head in a
wavelength range between 500 nm and 2500 nm, preferably between 700 nm and 2000 nm, especially preferably between 900 nm and 1700 nm, and particularly advantageously between 1450 nm and 1550 nm; assigning the different quantitative ratios of
melamine-formaldehyde resin and
urea-formaldehyde resin in the reference samples to the recorded NIR spectra of the reference samples mentioned; and creating a calibration model for the correlation between the
spectral data of the NIR spectra and the corresponding quantitative ratios of melamine-formaldehyde resin and urea-formaldehyde resin of the reference samples by means of a multivariate
data analysis; impregnating at least one paper ply with a resin mixture of melamine-formaldehyde resin and urea-formaldehyde resin; recording at least one NIR spectrum of the impregnated paper ply using the at least one NIR measurement head in a
wavelength range between 500 nm and 2500 nm, preferably between 700 nm and 2000 nm, especially preferably between 900 nm and 1700 nm and particularly advantageously between 1450 nm and 1550 nm; and determining the quantitative ratio of melamine-formaldehyde resin and urea-formaldehyde resin in the impregnated paper ply by comparing the NIR spectrum recorded for the impregnated paper ply with the calibration model created.