A wood-based board hot press for producing a wood-based board, wherein the wood-based board hot press has (a) an inlet side and an outlet side, and (b) is designed to press a fiber cake supplied on the inlet side in order to form a wood-based board, (c) a temperature measurement device which - is designed for the automatic, contactless, time-resolved measurement of the temperature of the wood-based board on the outlet side and - comprises an infrared camera and (d) an control unit, characterized in that (e) the control unit is configured to automatically execute a method featuring the steps: (i) detecting a first lateral temperature (T 1) of a first point (S 1) in a left-hand lateral area of the wood-based board, (ii) detecting a second lateral temperature (T 2) of a second point (S 2) in a right-hand lateral area of the wood-based board, and (iii) adjusting at least one process parameter of the wood-based board hot press such that the first lateral temperature (T 1) approaches the second lateral temperature (T 2), (iv) wherein the adjustment of the process parameter comprises an increase in a press force (p) on the side of the lower temperature and/or a reduction in the press force (p) on the side of the higher temperature. (a) an inlet side and an outlet side, and (b) is designed to press a fiber cake supplied on the inlet side in order to form a wood-based board, (c) a temperature measurement device which - is designed for the automatic, contactless, time-resolved measurement of the temperature of the wood-based board on the outlet side and - comprises an infrared camera and - is designed for the automatic, contactless, time-resolved measurement of the temperature of the wood-based board on the outlet side and - comprises an infrared camera and (d) an control unit, characterized in that (e) the control unit is configured to automatically execute a method featuring the steps: (i) detecting a first lateral temperature (T 1) of a first point (S 1) in a left-hand lateral area of the wood-based board, (ii) detecting a second lateral temperature (T 2) of a second point (S 2) in a right-hand lateral area of the wood-based board, and (iii) adjusting at least one process parameter of the wood-based board hot press such that the first lateral temperature (T 1) approaches the second lateral temperature (T 2), (iv) wherein the adjustment of the process parameter comprises an increase in a press force (p) on the side of the lower temperature and/or a reduction in the press force (p) on the side of the higher temperature. (i) detecting a first lateral temperature (T 1) of a first point (S 1) in a left-hand lateral area of the wood-based board, (ii) detecting a second lateral temperature (T 2) of a second point (S 2) in a right-hand lateral area of the wood-based board, and (iii) adjusting at least one process parameter of the wood-based board hot press such that the first lateral temperature (T 1) approaches the second lateral temperature (T 2), (iv) wherein the adjustment of the process parameter comprises an increase in a press force (p) on the side of the lower temperature and/or a reduction in the press force (p) on the side of the higher temperature.