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This article presents the dynamic modeling and analysis of an electric motor with integrated magnetic spring (EMMS) when it is coupled to a weaving loom application. The EMMS can provide the majority part of the oscillating part of the load in a passive way by the magnetic spring. The electric motor provides the average torque and the remaining oscillating part in an active way. This reduces the energy consumption. To create an accurate dynamic model for the EMMS, lookup tables are generated from a finite-element model. Further, a 4-bar linkage mechanism is employed to emulate the behavior of the shedding mechanism of a real weaving loom application. Eventually, the whole system dynamic model was created in Matlab environment. Moreover, a complete experimental setup was constructed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed dynamic model and the EMMS behavior. It is shown that the proposed dynamic model effectively predicts the performance of the EMMS system. Besides, it is proved that the EMMS can effectively reduce the energy consumption of the weaving loom application. The amount of reduction in the energy consumption depends on the designed magnetic spring. For the considered application, it can reach 57%.