The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the process-optimized production of manufactured wood boards, in particular oriented strand boards. In order to provide a method and an apparatus for the process-optimized production of manufactured wood products which make it possible to optimize quality while providing continuous
quality assurance, which allow the best possible control variables to be determined particularly easily and quickly, and which also guarantee
continuous production that results in the lowest possible wastage while maintaining the highest possible level of process stability, the invention provides the following: at least one process parameter, in particular the
water content and / or the quantity of
adhesive applied to the raw
chip material, is measured in the course of the method by means of near-
infrared spectroscopy; the measured values of the at least one process parameter are then sent to a
control unit for
process optimization and / or process-optimized control of the method, wherein the measurement of the at least one process parameter is taken at one or more positions, selected from: a position immediately upstream of the gluing, in particular between a dry raw
chip hopper and the gluing
station; a position immediately downstream of the gluing, in particular between the gluing
station and a
chip material
distributor and / or a dispersing
station; a position in the provision phase immediately downstream of a timber
yard, in particular between the timber
yard and a subsequent dryer; and / or a position in the provision phase immediately downstream of a dryer, in particular between the dryer and a sieving station and / or a dry raw chip hopper.