The invention discloses a press holding-up hammer crack detection method which comprises the following steps: step 1, mounting an 
acoustic emission detection module at the front end of a press holding-up hammer, and collecting 
acoustic wave signals on a press working site in real time through the 
acoustic emission detection module; step 2, 
processing the 
sound wave signal acquired in the step 1 into a 
signal with a proper 
signal-to-
noise ratio and amplitude 
voltage by adopting a signal adjustment module to obtain an analog 
sound wave signal; 3, the analog 
sound wave signals are converted into digital sound wave signals through 
data acquisition equipment, and the digital sound wave signals are stored in storage equipment of a press control cabinet; 4, compiling the sound wave signal identification 
algorithm into an application program by adopting a 
hybrid programming mode, and integrating the application program into a press 
control system; and 5, an application program is called through a man-
machine interaction screen of a press control cabinet, the digital sound wave signals are preprocessed, anvil crack sound wave signals are recognized, if the anvil crack sound wave signals are recognized, an alarm is output to a press 
control system, and the press is controlled to stop heating and relieve pressure.