Torque and Small Motors

My question is, are your motor performance specs based on his testing? It may not matter what the correct way to measure torque is if these figures are published.

I'm surprised that there no test procedures.

Your turn.

Small but growing company. Hence, no written procedures.

We sell kitchen appliances. The need to accurately measure the torque has only come up recently. As prices for goods from China have crept upward and product margins have constricted, we've started cutting costs by tightening specs such as motor torque. In years past, we had simply over-spec'd the torque so that there was little concern. Our latest product has some issues because the motor stalls if you sneeze at it.

My fundamental issue is trying to confirm measurements made at the factory in China. The motor manufacturer has a full blown test rig. I've seen pictures and charts from this rig, but I've never seen it in person, and it's not likely that I will either. To buy such a rig here in the States would cost $20-30K and the owners are unwilling to put that out at this time. So now I'm looking a putting something together. I think having the hysteresis brake is a start, but from what I've been able to gather around the web, some sort of torque transducer is in order.